Whether your children are going to attend a community college or an big name University, we are giving our kids lots of 'school subject' smarts but not 'real world, improve my life on all levels' smarts. The sad thing is, everyone needs a money education but as you can see from recent news headlines, very few have received practical financial knowledge when they were younger. Most
Parents of troubled teens from low income families often have a problem in funding programs or schools for the special education needs of their adolescents. Camps and schools for troubled teens are expensive. Funding is hard to come by because funding institutions do not anticipate getting returns on the money used for funding the education of troubled teens. Parents have to explore the education options for troubled teens that suit their financial capabilities or choose to enroll them in free programs run by government and social welfare organizations. |