College acceptances, and rejections, are being revealed this month and so are the financial aid award offers. If you filed the FAFSA, you already received notification of what you can expect to pay for your child to attend college. This amount is called the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and was based on income from the […]
Connecting with your kids as they reach the tween and teen stage isn’t always easy. Playing the roles of chauffeur, homework helper, and all around task master sometimes leaves us moms and dads feeling like we have lost some of the joy and fun of being parents. That’s why I love, love, love April Fools’ […]
Spring is the time when high school students schedule their classes for next year. But what classes does your child need to take to wow the college admissions staff? Do they really need to take that fourth year of French? AP Calculus? While the high school transcript is only one piece of the college admissions […]
Do today’s kids have too much homework? The debate rages on, punctuated by two new studies published this week. In one, a Stanford researcher found that more than two hours of homework a night may be counterproductive. The research, conducted among students from 10 high-performing high schools in upper-middle-class California communities, found that too much […]
