Weekly Update: May 16, 2012
News and Info for 21st Century Parents
If your child takes on a lot of student loan debt, you may have to wait a long, long time to become a grandparent…
…and it surely doesn’t help that 1 of 2 new college grads are unemployed or underemployed.
In fact, unemployment continues to be a big problem in the U.S.
Meanwhile, the number of newly self-employed people are causing traffic jams at coffeehouses worldwide.
Help your kids understand inflation with this online inflation calculator.
What Homeschooled Kids are Missing Out On
Sexual assault can and does occur in high school; literally in the high school building.
You Can Say That Again!
I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog. (Sandra Cisneros)
So, how are you preparing your children to thrive in the 21st century? Check out the links to the left for articles and information that will help you.
See you next Wednesday,
Barbara Frank
www.thrivinginthe21stcentury.com
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Weekly Update: May 9, 2012
News and Info for 21st Century Parents
Yikes! Total U.S. student loan debt has crossed the $1 trillion mark.
It’s not very comforting to know that most of the slight increase in jobs created by U.S. companies over the past two years is for jobs found in other countries.
Meanwhile, factory orders have fallen off a cliff (largest decline in three years!)
Some believe many jobs are gone for good, so make sure your kids are prepared to work for themselves!
Hmmm…school is no place to create innovators. Where have I heard that before? (Right here.)
What Homeschooled Kids are Missing Out On
Nothing gets kids’ attention like being lined up and fired at by a teacher with a handgun loaded with blanks.
You Can Say That Again!
To sentence a man of true genius to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill. (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
So, how are you preparing your children to thrive in the 21st century? Check out the links to the left for articles and information that will help you.
See you next Wednesday,
Barbara Frank
www.thrivinginthe21stcentury.com
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