Launch your Teens Podcast
Welcome to the Launch Your Teens Podcast, where we help parents of kids ages 12–26 set their kids up to graduate college completely debt-free, ready to jump directly into careers they excel at and love—even if they don't get a single scholarship.
Launch Your Teens Podcast EPISODE 6
Title: 5 Ways to Keep Your Kids From Living Off You in Their 20s
(14 min)
Whether your kids are in middle school, high school, or college—you’ve probably found yourself worrying at least occasionally: “What if these kids don’t find good jobs and become independent adults? What if they want to lie around on my couch until they’re 30?”
In this episode, learn the one sentence that savvy parents cheerfully drop into casual conversation, here and there, during the years their kids are ages 12–26. It’ll make you laugh—and it’ll create a firm boundary that just might save you later.
This episode is brought to you by GetIntoMedSchool.com. For 25 years, making college student applications to law, medical, business, and grad school the best they can be. Get a free 50-minute consultation at GetIntoMedSchool.com.
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My favorite quotes from the Meg Jay book The Defining Decade can be found in the article I wrote here.
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What is the Launch Your Teens podcast?
At Launch Your Teens, parents of kids ages 12–26 learn how to set their kids up to graduate college completely debt-free, ready to jump directly into careers they excel at and love—even if they don’t get a single scholarship. If you're new to Launch Your Teens, be sure to listen to all of episode 1 as soon as you can. It's just 23 minutes long, and it gives you all the most important foundation you need for this journey.
Hi, I’m Jeannie Burlowski
I'm a full-time academic strategist, speaker, and podcast host, and I’m the author of the book LAUNCH: How to Get Your Kids Through College Debt-Free and Into Jobs They Love Afterward.
My writing, speaking, and podcasting help parents set their kids up to graduate college debt-free and move directly into careers they excel at and love.
My work has been featured in publications such as The Huffington Post, USA Today, Parents Magazine, and US News & World Report, as well as on CBS News.
I also help students apply to law, medical, business, and grad school at my website GetIntoMedSchool.com. You can follow me on Bluesky @jburlowski.bsky.social.
My team and I are leading a debt-free college revolution. We hope you'll join us!
Hi, I'm Jeannie Burlowski.
I'm a full-time academic strategist, speaker, and podcast host, and I’m the author of the book LAUNCH: How to Get Your Kids Through College Debt-Free and Into Jobs They Love Afterward.
My writing, speaking, and podcasting help parents set their kids up to graduate college debt-free and move directly into careers they excel at and love.
My work has been featured in publications such as The Huffington Post, USA Today, Parents Magazine, and US News & World Report, as well as on CBS News.
I also help students apply to law, medical, business, and grad school at my website GetIntoMedSchool.com. You can follow me on Bluesky @jburlowski.bsky.social.
My team and I are leading a debt-free college revolution. We hope you'll join us!
Launch Your Teens Podcast EPISODE 1
Title: THE STARTING POINT: All the Basics You Need to Know Right Now
(23 min)
This is the most important episode of the Launch Your Teens Podcast, so listen to this one as soon as you can.
You’ll learn:
1. That this podcast isn’t about getting scholarships. Scholarships are a relatively small part of the process when it comes to getting kids through college debt-free. This podcast is about thousands of other ideas for getting kids through college or technical school debt-free, and into jobs they love afterward.
2. The easiest way for you to access all the best debt-free college strategies. Learn how to access them inexpensively—and quickly. Starting right now.
3. The personal story behind why your host started this podcast. Learn how her heartbreak over her med school and grad school application clients’ debt set her on a path to getting this information out to the world.
4. You’ll gain an exhilarating sense of hope and confidence. You’ll end this podcast episode convinced that everything’s going to turn out fantastically well for the kids you love—because you have all the tools you need to make good things happen.
This episode is sponsored by Signature Orthodontics in St. Paul and White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Online at SignatureSmilesMN.com.
Help us spread the word about this podcast!
If you’ve found valuable help here today, please copy the red text below and paste it into your Facebook status:
If you’ve got kids ages 12–26, you need to listen to the Launch Your Teens Podcast. Lots of help for getting your kids through college debt-free and into jobs they love afterward. Listen or watch here: bit.ly/launchyourteenspodcast.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Purchase LAUNCH on Amazon at: bit.ly/burlowski
Sign up for email updates at: JeannieBurlowski.com
Learn how to “whitelist” the email newsletter at: bit.ly/whitelistburlowski
Read reviews of Jeannie Burlowski’s live speaking events at: JeannieBurlowski.com/SPEAKING
Follow Jeannie Burlowski on Bluesky at: @jburlowski.bsky.social
Help us spread the word about this podcast! Please LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE on YouTube at bit.ly/launchyourteenspodcast.