Archive for the ‘parenting’ Category


Wednesday’s Parent: Straight Talk about Peer Pressure

  Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! Or subscribe to my blog on the left and get email updates. Wednesday’s child may be full of woe but Wednesday’s Parent can substitute action for anxiety. Each Wednesday Wendy and I will provide parent tips to get and keep your student on the college track. It’s never […]

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Mom-Approved Tips: Inside the mind of a college-bound teen

  Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! Or subscribe to my blog via email on the left. The stress of the college admissions season weighs heavy on your college-bound teen. I read an old article today from a NY Times blog and I felt it was worth sharing to […]

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Wednesday’s Parent: Parent-Teacher Communication

  Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! Wednesday’s child may be full of woe but Wednesday’s Parent can substitute action for anxiety. Each Wednesday Wendy and I will provide parent tips to get and keep your student on the college track. It’s never too late or too early to start! Wednesday’s Parent will give […]

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Mom-Approved Tips: Talking to your teens about financing college

  Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! If you have a college-bound teen you’re well aware of the cost of college–it’s high. In a recent story in Business Week, one graduate confessed she had given up on her student loan debt of $186,000. She is not alone. With the […]

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Wednesday’s Parent: Parenting Styles

  Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! Wednesday’s child may be full of woe but Wednesday’s Parent can substitute action for anxiety. Each Wednesday Wendy and I will provide parent tips to get and keep your student on the college track. It’s never too late or too early to start! Wednesday’s Parent will give […]

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Mom-Approved Tips: Out of Control Parents

Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! You know you’ve experienced them: out of control parents. They show up at their kids sport events and yell at the coaches and the umpires. They show up in the education system bullying teachers, coaches, administrators and other parents. Their kids rarely have […]

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Should your student be allowed to transfer colleges?

  Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! If you have a high school student thinking about college, be prepared to hear these words after their first few weeks, “I don’t like it here. I want to transfer colleges”. As your heart sinks and a hundred […]

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Wednesday’s Parent: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

  Wednesday’s child may be full of woe but Wednesday’s parent can substitute action for anxiety. Each Wednesday Wendy and I will provide parent tips to get and keep your student on the college track. It’s never too late or too early to start! Wednesday’s Parent will give twice the info and double the blog […]

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NatureBox Care Package Giveaway

  Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! It’s back to school time and your kids or college students will be snacking. Whether it’s at lunch, after class, or during study sessions you want them to eat healthy and not gorge on junk food. Nature Box has the perfect solution […]

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Are you spying on your teens?

  Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! Last Sunday I was listening to a radio talk show on IT and a mom called in with a horror story about her teenage son. She was asleep in bed one night while her son was staying with her ex-husband. About 1am […]

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