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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
striving for an out-of-reach goal. This can be difficult for parents to do. So much of our society’s culture is focused on trying to build self-esteem in children by never letting them lose a game, giving them accolades simply for trying... View Details
- Alumni WDYDWYD
Mary Dell Harrington
In January 2012, I co-founded a blog, Grown and Flown: Parenting from the Empty Nest, jumping into the deep end of social media. Though on Facebook, I had everything to learn about blogging, twitter, Pinterest, SEO, and an alphabet soup... View Details
- Portrait Project
Keyne Monson
Although the tables seemingly are reversed, with the child asking the parent a variant of this age-old question, it is a tremendous lesson to me about the need to seek after knowledge and learning at all stages of life. Professional... View Details
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Anita Lynch
I am not graceful or coordinated, but dancing allows my soul to transcend. To dance is to rise above obstacles and stretch beyond my reality. To dream. To take risks. To seek change. I grew up with my mom as a single parent so after... View Details
- Portrait Project
Alexander Kamenskov
announcement in the news. Perestroika was proclaimed when I was born. Seven years of change, and my nation was still at a crossroads, yet again in civil unrest. On that day, shooting stopped. I was walking in the street with my parents... View Details
- Portrait Project
Jocelyne Moyer
It's something my parents never really explained to me, but I figured it out. Bankruptcy taught me to fear that everything I have could be taken away. I never dreamed of making a difference in the world – only of surviving it. After our... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Picture This
In one of her most treasured photos, the youngest of Hilary Schneider’s (MBA 1986) three sons with classmate Jim Heerwagen is asleep on the stairs: “He didn’t want to go to bed,” she recalls. “That picture captures parenting for me and is... View Details
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Closing the Education Gap
their names, and there were kids who actually couldn’t. One child, who was almost four, kept saying his name was Corky, which it wasn’t. These are children who have been paid so little attention that they don’t even know their names.” Equally empowering are CHECC’s... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- Web
Partners & Families | MBA
partners@studentclubs.hbs.edu to reach out. Crimson Parents Club The Crimson Parents Club helps families make the transition to HBS by addressing the unique needs of the student parent, their partner, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
father would make us read through the annual reports of companies he had invested in, but that was an early influence: realizing I had an education and holidays because my parents complemented their income by investing in the Nigerian... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
How Scholarships Helped One Student Achieve Many Firsts
of State as a Fulbright Scholar to Silicon Valley to HBS. Keung immigrated to the United States when she was three years old and grew up in Los Angeles, where she helped her parents in their tiny Chinese restaurant after school. She... View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
scale back on travel and her hectic work schedule after coming back from parental leave. They responded by changing her job to one that did not require travel. "It was the worst job of my career," she said. "I hated that... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- Portrait Project
Sue Yang
untold opportunity in a new country. It was the 1990s, and my parents had just emigrated from Shanghai, with me in tow. Shanghai had afforded them rare passage from poverty and illiteracy to higher education, and rarer still, to America.... View Details
- Alumni WDYDWYD
Ilene Lang
My parents raised me to set my sights high. But at age 11, a religious teacher said I could not be a leader because I was a girl. In my high school, only boys could run for senior class president so I had to settle for vice president. A... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
computer company back into an industry leader. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Finance and Business by Steven Rogers (MBA 1985) (McGraw-Hill) Rogers, a professor at the Kellogg School of Management, provides practical insights about financing entrepreneurial ventures. The... View Details
- Portrait Project
Shibani Joshi
I grew up as the eldest child of immigrant parents who chose to live out the American dream in the oddest of places, Oklahoma City. A great portion of my life was spent trying to live up to the expectations of my parents, molding my... View Details
- Portrait Project
Onaizah Panhwar
for the values they instilled in me. Twelve years ago, my parents and I were in a driving accident in which they both passed away. I survived the accident with a scarred face and a head injury but immediately after, I had to step up for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider
Semper Fi: “I did ROTC in college and was an active-duty Marine for four years. I had a strong urge to serve my country, given the opportunities my parents had when they emigrated here from India.” Dad, what’s a HOG? “When I was 10 years... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003
to interview Howard. When the candidate arrived, the search committee immediately understood that this was not a test. In addition to his stellar résumé, Howard brought an unexpected quality: charisma. He could relate to everyone they introduced him to—from students,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Radha Ruparell Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Building a world where all children can fulfill their potential Radha Ruparell 24 Aug 2017 When I was 12-years old, my... View Details