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Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Most college students would love to earn significant money while home 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...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Most grandparents love to dote on their beloved grandchildren, but let's face it. Older kids and teens are notoriously hard to shop for. How can grandparents give a relatively inexpensive holiday gift that will be remembered...

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! 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! The last thing you want to do is raise a child who's just a dull drone, pouring out memorized facts as though facts have the power to save the world. You want to raise a child who will be valued in a future workplace for...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! Recently I got such a great question from a mom. I’m hoping many parents will benefit from hearing why I told her, “No, I don’t.” Jeannie, I was wondering if you do coaching for students looking to study for the SAT and ACT...

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 9 best strategies for putting together effective, stress-free college visits. You’ll find my most current info on this subject here. Let me be your guide to debt-free college—every week. (We can accomplish this no...

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...

Here's What We're Talking About This Week! If you're about to take the SAT or the ACT—or a big test for a class—or the LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, or GRE exam, and you just want fast advice on what to eat before testing, zoom straight to the numbered points in the article...

My 1/2-day college study skills seminar is available both live—that is, in person, with me, online—and in recorded form for those who can’t attend live. Email me at jeannie@jeannieburlowski.com and I’ll get you in. More info below. Here's What We're Talking About This...

Every July, I share a compilation of the best articles I've ever written for parents who are sending kids off to college in the next two months. Read just one of the articles I've written below, or read them all! Moving Into or Out of a Dorm? DormRoomMovers.com Saves...

I'm spending the long Fourth of July weekend 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...