Here's What We're Talking About This Week! On the surface, it seems as though multitasking would make a great productivity tool. After all, if you can book a plane ticket and quickly shoot off an email while you're on a phone meeting at work, why not? Haven't you just...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Are you parenting a teen or a college student with a disability of any kind? If you are, you need to know about the wonderful services offered by the disability services office on your child's college campus. Whether your...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! My 1/2-day study skills seminar is officially called THE STRATEGIC COLLEGE STUDENT: How to Get Higher Grades While Studying Less Than Most Other People. I'll tell you how to access it below. "A study skills class that teaches...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! During high school, your teen didn't have to think much about how to make friends. Friendships developed naturally out of middle school connections, and with luck, they flourished in high school classrooms and activities. But...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Your child's headed off to college this fall—and you're wondering how you're going to get all the boxes and plastic totes from your house to their college home. Or maybe your child’s moving out of a college residence hall...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! A while back, I watched as 12-year-old singing ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer wowed the audience and the judges on America's Got Talent. Before the 7-minute video was over I laughed, and I cried. Real tears. I am not...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! There are many students who should not be attending four-year colleges and universities. Why? Because these students are desperately needed in well-paying jobs that require more specialized kinds of training than four-year...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Many parents worry about kids' screen use during summer vacation. But what's a parent to do? It takes too much energy to constantly suggest: "Why don't you go outside for a while?" Parents already tired from work don't want...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Writing a top college application essay can be easy and fast when you follow a few clear steps. These steps are designed to help you get a top college application essay done confidently, and fast—with as little hassle as...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Psychologist Dr. Henry Cloud, co-author of the life-changing Boundaries books and The Mom Factor, says that today’s moms will do more good for their families by giving up “the Supermom model of motherhood, which never worked...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Many parents have only one strategy for lowering college costs. Send the kid to the local state university. But is your local state university actually your bargain option—considering all the factors involved? The hidden...

Parents ask me, "Jeannie, I've got kids ages 12–18. What's the fastest, easiest way for me to get these kids through college debt-free and into jobs they love afterward?" My answer: "It's actually fairly easy to do this—if you can plan ahead just a little!" Let me...

Why would some parents find out that there's a path to debt-free college (and thriving future career) for their kids—and then say, "Nah, we're not going to walk down that path"? It's understandable! Parents are busy, and they can't do everything. The problem comes...

Who feels most excited and happy at college drop off day? It’s parents (at all different income levels) who've laid the groundwork necessary to get that kid through college debt-free—and then directly into a career that kid excels at and loves. Even if he or she never...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Weeks or months after your daughter has finished up all her college applications, you may find yourself wondering, "Is there anything else she can do to increase admissions chances—well after her applications have been...