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Summer is officially here and teens are all frantically looking for the perfect summer job. Facebook statuses abound with “Does anyone know who’s hiring?” and other references to the desperate need for a summer job. For most teens, the job hunt involves looking in the local mall, nearby restaurants, convenient stores, etc. However, many teens are [...]
A lot of complaining has been circulating the social network this week with the final arrival of Advanced Placement (AP) exams. Most exams are more than three hours long and many teens can take up to three in a day. Naturally, a lot of teens have been complaining of complete exhaustion at the end of this process. [...]
It’s been a very exciting week for teens as well as adults all over the country with the announcement of the two of the biggest news stories of the year occurring this past week: the royal wedding between Catherine Middleton and Prince William as well as the long-awaited death of bin Laden. This is all [...]
Easter is coming up and that means many teens are getting ready to break the Lent vows they’ve been holding strong to (mostly) for the past month. For a majority of teens this means reactivating their Facebooks, eating enough chocolate to make up for the break and being able to jam out to their iPods [...]
This is part one in a two part series on helping divorced parents understand the Financial Aid Process. Thank you so much for asking me to answer your readers questions about college financial aid and how it is affected by divorce. I’m Lisa C. Decker, a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst and I have a Teleseminar [...]
Prom is a milestone event in every teenager’s life. It’s the last big party where everyone will be all together before parting ways for college, the military or wherever else life takes them. Both parents and teens want the night to be special, fun and above all, safe. However, teens don’t have the experience and [...]
There is nothing worse than coming home from school and finding a small, white envelope addressed to you from the college of your choice. Your heart stops as you slowly open the letter. Everything is a blur after you read the fateful words “we regret to inform you …” Rejection in any form is difficult [...]