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    Short-Term Strategies for Financial Aid Success

    Short-Term Strategies for Financial Aid Success

    Posted February 13, 2014, 4:00 pm by Andrew Belasco

    With FAFSA season fast approaching, you no longer have the luxury of long-term financial planning for college unless you happen to stumble upon a 1985 Delorean fully- loaded with a...

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    Mother-Daughter Bonding: Time Well Spent

    Mother-Daughter Bonding: Time Well Spent

    Posted January 30, 2014, 8:22 pm by Elizabeth Suneby

    As girls advance through the teen years their relationships with friends typically eclipse relationships with parents. Although many mothers realize separation is part of a normal developmental stage that they...

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    Allowance and Chores: How to Up the Ante

    Allowance and Chores: How to Up the Ante

    Posted January 30, 2014, 4:57 pm by Kristen Licciardi

    I admit it: getting my three sons to do household chores is, well, too much of a chore for me. Like most parents, my mind is going in a million...

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    Parents and Teens: The Social Media Gap

    Parents and Teens: The Social Media Gap

    Posted January 21, 2014, 4:04 pm by Sarah Buttenwieser

    I have two teens. As a parent, I’m focused on raising healthy, independent young adults (and I hope that we still like each other throughout the process)! Social media is...

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    Using Pigtails to Stand Up Against Bullying

    Using Pigtails to Stand Up Against Bullying

    Posted January 17, 2014, 5:28 pm by Elizabeth Suneby

    High school student Maisie Kate Miller from Marblehead, Massachusetts, was teased for wearing pigtails. “Who wears pigtails still? What is this, kindergarten?” mocked the bully as she passed Maisie in...

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    Handling College Rejections: A Role Reversal

    Handling College Rejections: A Role Reversal

    Posted January 17, 2014, 5:16 pm by Elizabeth Suneby

    My daughter applied Early Decision (ED) to her dream college. She was flat out rejected. I was incensed that the school turned her away. She had the grades. She had...

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