Kids & College
A Stepmom’s Guide to Surviving the Application Process
By Krista Giovara
ears ago, as I was in the carpool lane picking up my eldest daughter from kindergarten, I found myself waiting behind a giant Suburban. I noticed stickers from the local elementary school, the local middle school and the local high school on its back window. And, well, … I’m not proud to say I distinctly remember thinking “how old” that mother was to have kids in all three schools.