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Lessons
for College
and Beyond
“Learn to write well.
It’s increasingly a lost art.”
“Stop saying ‘like’ so much!
It’s a crutch and makes people
sound less intelligent.”
“Learn to code.
I feel like it’s a skill that everyone
should learn at some point—but sadly
I don’t know how to do it.”
“Beauty fades, intelligence doesn’t.
And the kinder people are, the
more beautiful they become.”
“Make good choices.
A bad decision can haunt you
for the rest of your life.”
And for Mom and Dad:
“Stop texting your kids incessantly!
Give them guidance, but let them
chart their own course.”
Couric shared
the advice she
gave Elinor, 28,
and Caroline, 23,
at an SK-II event
July 10.
KELLY RIPA & MARK CONSUELOS
The Joys (and Risks) of Laundry
With Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’s oldest kids
Michael, 22, and Lola, 18, going to school in their
hometown of New York City, certain things have a way of
disappearing from their apartment. “Michael moved
Mark’s wardrobe into his dorm,” Ripa told People.
What’s worse, he washed the items he swiped. “You don’t
wash jeans!” Consuelos lamented. But Ripa welcomes
a few laundry disasters if it means her kids come home:
“That’s really the only time we see them.”
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KATIE
COURIC
Consuelos, Ripa and sons
Michael and Joaquin at
daughter Lola’s graduation.
CONTRIBUTORS Alex Apatoff, Diane Cho, Kate Coyne, Colleen Kratofil, Liz McNeil
MADONNA’S
CONCISE
COLLEGE ADVICE
“Try to do
everything in
moderation,”
she said on the
Today show in
- “Try not to
kill all your brain
cells. And try to
go to class.”
Her daughter Lourdes,
22, attended the
University of Michigan.
BARACK OBAMA
“I was proud
that I did not
cry in front of
[Malia], but on
the way back,
the Secret
Service was...
pretending
they weren’t
hearing me as
I sniffled.”
Daughter Malia, 21,
will be a college
junior this fall
and Sasha, 18, will
be a freshman
REESE
WITHERSPOON
“I laid down
on her bed and
cried when
she went to
college.... Ap-
parently they
come back,
right?”
Daughter Ava
Phillippe, 19, is a
sophomore
ROB LOWE
“Looking at his
suitcases on his
bed... and his
dog watching
him pack sends
me out of
the room to a
hidden corner
where I can’t
stop crying.”
Son Matthew, 25,
graduated from
Duke, and John
Owen, 23, from
Stanford
IT’S OK
TO CRY!
SENDING YOUR KIDS TO COLLEGE
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(COURIC) THEO W
ARGO/GETTY IMAGES; (LOW
E) STEPHANE CARDINALE/CORBIS/GETTY IMAGES; (MADONNA) MATT BARON/
SHUTTERSTOCK; (OBAMA) ETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAGES; (W
ITHERSPOON) GREGORY PACE/SHUTTERSTOCK
