Weekly Update: February 22, 2012

News and Info for 21st Century Parents

It’s important to raise tech-savvy kids, but they also need to know right from wrong or they’ll put their skills to the wrong use.

As I noted in Thriving in the 21st Century, there are still a few career fields where pay is actually going up…

…but according to the U.S. Census Bureau, household income continues to drop, as does the number of people with full-time employment.

Just because a college or grad school claims to have grads with high employment rates doesn’t make it so.

What Pulitzer Prize-winning poet was a homeschooling dad?

What Homeschooled Kids are Missing Out On

Homeschooled 12-year-old girls don’t have to worry about being arrested for wearing perfume.

You Can Say That Again!

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object. (Laurence J. Peter)

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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