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Do you have a holy eye-roller at your house?
Posted on September 16, 2017 at 4:28 PM |
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This is really happening
Posted on August 29, 2016 at 11:28 PM |
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Difficult teenager or bad timing?
Posted on September 25, 2013 at 10:04 PM |
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After a few visits, it is often clear that the problem lies in timing more than anything else. Often students and parents have similar goals. Both want the best fit for the student. What is different is that parents are on one time table and students are on another. The important thing for families to consider is that teens mature at different rates and have different needs. Parents need to resist the temptation to compare what their teens are doing to what teens in other families are up to. Help your teen move in the best direction for their unique needs and circumstances. Don't demand that they go to a specific college or major in a specific area. Each teen is unique and designed for a mission unique to their gifts and personality. Love them for their uniqueness and help them get to their mission. |
Dueling Parents = Conflicted Student
Posted on September 23, 2013 at 11:05 PM |
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Separated and divorced parents want the best for their children and often don't realize the pressure their disagreements place on their high school senior. The senior year of high school is a time high school seniors need united parent support. Parents who can come to an agreement about what is best and how to proceed will do much to insure the success of their college-bound child. |
Talk the talk before they walk
Posted on July 1, 2013 at 7:49 PM |
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Rising high school juniors are considering their college options right now. Have you had The Talk with them? Do they know how much you as a parent are prepared to contribute toward college costs? Have you jointly arrived at an agreement about who is going to do what money-wise? Leaving your high school junior in the dark about money as they walk toward high school graduation and college will lead to frustration if you wait until next year to tell them your contribution will be limited. Each week that passes is another week that they invest emotionally in schools they are considering. If you let them know what to expect now, you are giving them the time needed to find scholarships for which they can apply and to look at other schools. We live in challenging economic times in which student loan interest rates have doubled and college competition has increased. The rising seniors in your house need all the information and support they can get. |
When to have the college talk with your child
Posted on April 7, 2011 at 1:55 PM |
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The College Talk is a conversation that starts before a child starts first grade and continues throughout their childhood. The substance of that talk is introducing a child to the idea of their special interests and gifts and what options they will have after high school to pursue advanced training toward applying their gifts to their career. This talk is critical because it puts three key ideas in front of the child early in their educational journey:
A key element of this continuing conversation with your child is your personal expereince as a young person. What type of path you took. Training you received and your career path. As a parent, you are a role model. Your experience is interesting to children and a part of their history. Even your failures are very instructive to your child. This is definitely information to pass on in small doses at appropriate opportunities as your child matures toward the time that their decisions must be made. Interviewing 17-19 year olds for over 20 years, I have been surprised at the number of them who are unaware of their interests and skills and unaware of appropriate options they have for training and careers. Because of this lack of knowledge some of them did not do as well as they could have in school. Lack of knowledge also comes into play in preparing for college entrance exams. Students who are unaware of their importance and how to prepare for them are not able to represent their skills as well as students who are better prepared but who may not be as gifted. This seriously handicaps a student. People who do not know their skills and interests and do not know anything about careers or places to train or college entrance requirements might end up anywhere. They could enter a field totally opposite to their skills and interests and be unhappy and unsuccessful. They could begin and fail to successfully complete an educational or training program and end up with little more than student loan debt and a sense of personal failure. I recently worked with a family of a high school senior who decided she liked a specific college as a 9th grader. This college had a wonderful marketing program and gave great tours. The problem was that this college was extremely expensive and very specialized with coursework that does not transfer to other colleges and involves a method of study that is not suited for the child. Worse because the college is "open admission", this aspiring student had not worried about doing her best in high school or on college entrance exams. And the family was not in a position to afford the tuition. Because the student was so invested in a dream that began in 9th grade, she was reluctant to consider other options. This was a source of significant stress between the parents and child. Don't be that family. Start discussions early about your experiences. Introduce your children to opportunities, types of programs, apprenticeships, training and colleges. Take them to fun events on nearby campuses. When opportunites exist, let them visit you where you work. Help them understand college costs. Establish the idea that the best approach is to look at alot of options and shop for the best college opportunities prior to making a final choice. Share what level of financial support you can give. Let your child's postsecondary dream begin in an informed way that you will be able to nurture and support. |
Parents and the college process
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:46 PM |
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