Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Your child doesn't seem quite ready for college yet—or maybe the financing of college is just not working out right now. Would it be a good idea for him or her to take a gap year? Malia Obama did it, after all. Here are 6...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! The last thing you want is for your child to make a series of expensive higher ed decisions and then regret them later. How can you help your kids avoid making regrettable higher ed decisions? I'm helping with that today. An...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Your teen's schedule is already filled to bursting with sports practices, homework for advanced classes, and—of course—enrichment activities that will supposedly "make her look good on college applications." Your family has...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Want to save your family a boatload of money while making your kids feel eager to fill out scholarship applications? Read on. If you've got a child between the ages of 14 and 26, you know how difficult it can be to motivate...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! When students take real college classes in high school, it can save their parents a boatload of money. If your kids are in 10th or 11th grade right now, it's time to think about getting this rolling. "Tell me more about...

Mom, Dad, I know your holiday season is busy. You're working frantically to get all the shopping, cooking, and decorating done so that all the holiday magic will appear to flow effortlessly at your house. I know it's a lot—especially in addition to everything else you...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! You're a loving parent—so of course you want to make your kid's future college breaks as warm and memorable as possible. But will you be able to do that if your newly-flown offspring comes home snarly and inconsiderate? What...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Most college students would love to earn significant money while on a December college break. Tell the students you care about—UPS may be the place to apply (for more reasons than just the paycheck). What does UPS provide in...

It might happen sometime around the beginning of December. Grandparents ask, "What do the kids want for presents?" Answering this question can be difficult—unless you have this great idea handy: Have the grandparents read this inspiring article on how to give small...

You’re with extended family at Thanksgiving, and while you’re setting the table or washing dishes together—you want to say something about the fun, inspiring, exciting debt-free college journey your family's on. What do you say? Mention how fun and reassuring and...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Most of my time on this blog is spent helping parents get their teens and college students to careers they'll love as quickly as possible. This makes sense—because years spent dragging feet in underemployment or treading...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! So, your 20-something daughter wants to live at home in her childhood bedroom. Should you happily say yes and make a plate of warm cookies to welcome her back? Or could this put you (and your child) in a bad spot? You’ll find...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! The 20s are a critically important time of life. Young men and women who maximize their 20s tend to have far better lives than those who don't. I know this, because I've read the book The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Learn my 10 best strategies for putting together effective, stress-free college visits. You’ll find my most current info on this subject here.

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! If you've got a kid on an IEP, here's something you'd love to see! It'd be great to see this before every IEP meeting. Because your kid absolutely is amazing—with unique strengths and interests that make him or her awesome....