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When Your Freshman Calls Freaked Out

How to respond when your kid calls with first-year jitters from college savings advocate, Patricia Roberts. Tips from someone who’s been there–done that. 4974234

Patricia A. Roberts, J.D.September 1, 2025

Affording College Parenting

Teaching Your Student Financial Intelligence

Too much, and they never learn the value of a dollar. Too little, and they’re stressed instead of studying. The right number isn’t one-size-fits-all, but there is a right way…

David Q. Hao, MA, JDAugust 31, 2025

Academic Success Senior Student

Majors, Minors, and Careers… Oh My!

As students begin navigating both known and unknown academic majors and minors, while continuing to picture their future career(s)—and how to get there—it will be important they seize opportunities that…

Michelle Samuels-Jones, Ed.D.August 22, 2025

Academic Success Junior Student Senior Student

How to Pick a Major

If your kid is not really sure yet what she wants to be when she grows up--don’t worry. She’s in great company. Most people change not only majors, but entire…

Laura Reisert Kalinkewicz, Ph.D.August 22, 2025

Affording College Junior Student Senior Student

Understanding Sources of Financial Aid: Tips for Californians

With so many schools, it is important to understand options for financing your student’s degree. Government aid: Both federal and state governments give aid based on data provided on the…

Laura Reisert Kalinkewicz, Ph.D.August 22, 2025

Junior Student Parenting

Dear Parent of High School Junior

If you have kept in depth discussion of the subject under wraps during Freshman and Sophomore years, you and your teen are about to go on a voyage of discovery…

ScholarShare 529August 20, 2025

Academic Success Junior Student Parenting Senior Student

How to Strengthen Your Student’s Growth Mindset

In the academic setting, habits of thinking influence the ways students begin, manage, and explain the results of tasks, like projects and papers. Their mindsets—attributional beliefs about their abilities as…

Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.August 19, 2025

Affording College Using Your 529

The Power of the First Step: Open a 529 and Build Your Future

It sounds simple. That’s because it is. And that’s exactly why so many families wait. We wait for a raise. For the “right” account. For the moment when everything else…

David Q. Hao, MA, JDAugust 17, 2025

Affording College Using Your 529

6 Smart Steps for Parents of Rising Juniors

This is the year when post-secondary pursuits will likely start to feel more “real” -- and a growing sense of what's next may start preoccupying minds. As such, junior year…

Patricia A. Roberts, J.D.August 17, 2025

Junior Student Parenting Senior Student

A Necessary Partnership

There’s even a seasonal lawn mower parent—the “snow blower” who clears obstacles out of their student’s way. Quite likely, these or similar terms have contributed to less-than-optimal relationships between families…

Michelle Samuels-Jones, Ed.D.August 16, 2025

Parenting Senior Student

Send-off Letters for Our College-Bound Freshmen

As parents, writing a heartfelt send-off letter is one way to share feelings, reflections, and hopes that haven’t yet been fully or clearly expressed. It’s also an opportunity to impart…

ScholarShare 529August 13, 2025

Affording College

When 529 Funds Are Not Needed As Planned

The reasons parents find themselves no longer needing to fully utilize the value of their 529 account most typically relate to the student’s receipt of a full or partial scholarship,…

Patricia A. Roberts, J.D.August 11, 2025

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