I’m spending Memorial Day having as much fun as I possibly can—and I hope you are too.
Whenever I take time off like this, I like to point you to some of my most helpful recent articles that you may have missed. This gives you a chance to catch up—right on a week when you may have a little extra time yourself.
7 Ways to Encourage Teen Summer Jobs—Starting Now
Includes super helpful strategies for parents of reluctant students. (Do this, and you’ll greatly increase the chances that your kids will be ready to jump into real jobs after college!)
Urgent Info For Parents of 9th Graders
If you’ve got a 9th grader and you missed this article when it came out in my free weekly email newsletter on May 15th, 2023, please read it now. it’s super important for anyone who wants to save big money on college costs. Please share with other parents of 9th graders.
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Why Your Kid Shouldn’t Take a Car to College
It sounds harsh, like a severe deprivation. Really, though, sending your kid to college without a car might be one of the best things you can do for him or her.
12th Grader’s Got No Career Direction? Do This—Right Now.
Your son doesn’t know “what he wants to do with his life,” and it’s making you nervous. This helpful article is aimed at parents of 12th graders, but the strategies in it will work for parents of older kids too.
For clear, step-by-step help getting your kids through college debt-free, don’t rely on a loose collection of newsletter articles.
You’ll miss hundreds of details that way.
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Read just one chapter of LAUNCH every 1–3 months while your child’s in middle school and high school, and you’ll know every viable strategy for debt-free college at exactly the right time to implement it.
And if your child’s already well past middle school? That’s OK; you can run to catch up. But the process of getting your kids through college debt-free goes more smoothly the earlier you start it—especially if you’re not planning to save up any money to pay for college.
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Who is Jeannie Burlowski?
Jeannie is a full-time academic strategist, podcast host, and sought-after speaker for students ages 12–26, their parents, and the professionals who serve them. Her writing, speaking, and podcasting help parents set their kids up to graduate college debt-free, ready to jump directly into careers they excel at and love. Her work has been featured in publications such as The Huffington Post, USA Today, Parents Magazine, and US News and World Report, and on CBS News.
Jeannie also helps students apply to law, medical, business, and grad school at her website GetIntoMedSchool.com. You can follow her on Twitter @JBurlowski.