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Are You Allowing Your Teen to Change?
Starting a new school year is a new beginning. It is a time of new possibilities, challenges, and accomplishments. Are you pressuring your teen to stay the same? Are you open to your teen’s changing interests? This past summer, I was eating dinner with my...
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3 Things Every Parent Should Know When Making Educational Choices for Teens
It used to be easy for middle class families. Choose a house in a good neighborhood with good schools, and send your child to the neighborhood school.Not anymore! Now parents have more choices.High schools are offering an increasing variety of programs from...
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Congratulations! You Have a Teenager
Shortly after my first son was born, I had a conversation with my father. I was feeling guilty about having to leave my 8 week old infant son with a babysitter. At the time, my father took me aside. He told me that while this may be a trying time. It is a time when...
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Why Teens Turn Down Sports Scholarships?
What would you do if your teen turned down a sports scholarship? Last week, it was national signing day, a day of great pride for many high school athletes when they officially accept sports scholarships from colleges. Over the last 5 years of working with upper...
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Electives Get You In!
Students in my area have begun to register for classes for next school year. A question that I often get asked is “What gets you into elite colleges?”. The most common misconception that I see from students is forgoing electives like band, drama, choir or giving...