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• The Parents 6-Step Guide to Helping Your Kids Through Their College Applications

  January 28, 2008 10:07 AM

  You may be just as anxious as your kids about their college applications — where they should apply, whether or not they’ll get in, where they’ll end up six months from now — and you want to help. A little parental assist can be invaluable. Your kids can Read More... Filed under: parents of college students, advice for parents, parents of high school students, college tips, conversation, communication, helicopter parent

• Parental Peace-Keeping Tactics for Your Student’s First Visit Home

  October 11, 2007 01:27 PM

  With Thanksgiving and winter breaks only a couple months’ away, both you and your college kids may be gearing up for their first trip back home since they moved away for school. This first visit back to their old stomping grounds may be a long-awaited Read More... Filed under: PLUS loans, parents of college students, advice for parents, parents of high school students, college tips, going back to school, conversation, communication, helicopter parent

• College Culture Shock for Parents: Coaching Your Children Through the College Transition

  September 04, 2007 11:30 AM

  As you anticipate your children’s freshman year, you may be feeling both excited and nervous. Excited that you’ve been able to make college a reality and that your children are moving into a whole other stage of their lives. Nervous that this will be Read More... Filed under: NextPath, college, parents of college students, advice for parents, parents of high school students, college tips, going back to school, parent in college, conversation, communication, helicopter parent

• Are You a Helicopter Parent?

  September 04, 2007 10:46 AM

  Do you find yourself lingering over every hair-splitting detail of your children’s experience at college? E-mailing their professors to reconsider that less-than-perfect grade? Obsessing over the absolute best choice of major or haranguing the housing Read More... Filed under: college, parents of college students, advice for parents, parents of high school students, college tips, parent in college, quiz, helicopter parent