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	<title>Launch into College - Parenting Teens Through the College Transision</title>
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		<title>Comparing Apples, Oranges and Colleges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. News college rankings aren't all they're cracked up to be.]]></description>
		<link>http://launchintocollege.com/2011/02/20/comparing-apples-oranges-and-colleges/</link>
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		<title>Senioritis Is a Family Affair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[College planning can be stressful for both parents and teens. "Senioritis" affects the whole family;  understanding its symptoms, treatment and timetable is important for both generations.]]></description>
		<link>http://launchintocollege.com/2010/09/22/senioritis-is-a-family-affair/</link>
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		<title>When to Talk to Your Teens About Sex, Drugs and College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although the college admissions race doesn&#8217;t officially start until senior year, waiting until then to have a serious sit-down with your junior student about  college planning is like hoping they figure out how to handle sex and drugs  without having to bring up the subject yourself.  Because by then, it may to too late for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://launchintocollege.com/2010/09/02/when-to-talk-to-your-teens-about-sex-drugs-and-college/</link>
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		<title>Listening to Your College Freshman WIthout Losing Your Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How to handle the college freshman blues by taking their complaints in stride, maintaining your perspective even if they can't,  and not overreacting to their "venting."]]></description>
		<link>http://launchintocollege.com/2010/08/24/listening-to-your-college-freshman/</link>
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		<title>What College Orientation Programs Don’t Tell You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The best college orientation programs offer parents  as well as freshmen help with the emotional concerns and issues surrounding separation/individuation and changes in the family system. WHat kind of parent programming is typical of orientations?]]></description>
		<link>http://launchintocollege.com/2010/07/28/what-college-orientation-programs-don%e2%80%99t-tell-you/</link>
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		<title>Gates Foundation Report Gives College Counselors Low Grades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Gates Foundation report that surveyed 22-30 year olds about their experience with school guidance and college counselors ranked them as unhelpful, inadequate, anonymous and overworked.]]></description>
		<link>http://launchintocollege.com/2010/05/20/gates-foundation-report-gives-college-counselors-low-grades/</link>
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		<title>The College Admissions Arms Race</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting your teenager into college can cost as much as a year of college itself. Is the college admissions arms race worth it? This expert suggests ways to limit the financial and emotional pressure on parents and their almost-adult kids.]]></description>
		<link>http://launchintocollege.com/2010/03/26/the-college-admissions-arms-race/</link>
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		<title>How Much Should We Expect From Teenagers?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to current psychological findings, many if not most teenagers aren't  yet  capable of the complexity of thinking parents expect of them - when their mental development catches up to their physical maturity, they will be.]]></description>
		<link>http://launchintocollege.com/2010/03/16/how-much-should-we-expect-from-teenagers/</link>
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		<title>IS SKIPPING SENIOR YEAR A GOOD IDEA?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is the last year of high school a waste of time? The "move on when ready" has support, but there are more reasons to stay through 12th grade than being intellectually or vocationally ready - like learning the key tasks of young adulthood and accomplishing important psychological growth.]]></description>
		<link>http://launchintocollege.com/2010/03/02/is-skipping-senior-year-a-good-idea/</link>
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		<title>Freshman Problems &#8211; Theirs or Yours?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When teenagers have difficulties adjusting to college, whose problem is it? Parents may be too quick to take ownership of problems with studies, peers, risky behaviors,, etc., thus robbing kids of opportunity to learn from their mistakes and take responsibility for their behavior.]]></description>
		<link>http://launchintocollege.com/2010/02/10/freshman-problems-theirs-or-yours/</link>
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