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Mom & Dad, I Need Your Help! Prepare Your Child for College and See Them Succeed By Tanya Knight

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“ We can no longer afford to ignore them. We need to walk them through the education maze so that each and every student can and will go to college”. ~ Tanya Knight Preparing for college is a goal that both you and your child need to work towards. It’s vital that you take an active role during this process, to ensure your child succeeds! Most high schools will focus on college prep, particularly during the past two years of school, but getting ready for college involves more than ensuring your child takes the right courses and fills out applications. Fear of the Unknown Most college freshmen drop out of college simply because they were not prepared for college life and not just the increased level of academics, but living alone as well. For most students, this is the first time they will be living alone. This means that they need to become responsible and dependent upon themselves while they are in middle school and high school. This not only teaches responsibility thro