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“Empty-nest coaching is a growing livelihood—with training certification, support groups and $250-an-hour private-counseling sessions. Demand is driven by parents who feel an emotional and logistical vacuum after years of shepherding children from one moment to the next.” WSJ (Gift Article): When Junior Heads to College, Helicopter Parents Turn to Empty-Nest Coaches. (We preempted this issue in our family by only letting our son apply to colleges in towns where we’d be willing to relocate.)

+ SNL takes on the Stanley cup craze.

+ “NFL Network personality Peter Schrager has correctly predicted the last four Super Bowl champions.” And he got the participants in this year’s right, too. Sadly, he’s picking the Chiefs! (Forget the Super Bowl, just tell me Schrager is taking Biden in November…)