Episode 163: How To Prepare Kids For Life Beyond High School - College, Workforce & Other Alternatives

<p>My guests this week are <strong>Cindy Muchnick and Jen Curtis</strong>. Here is a little bit about each of their backgrounds.<br /> Cindy Muchnick is a graduate of Stanford University and has been working in education for the past 25 plus years as a former assistant director of college admission, high school teacher, educational consultant, and author of five other education-related books. She <strong>speaks professionally to parents, students, teachers, and business groups on topics around study skills, the adolescent journey, college admission</strong>, and now the Parents Compass Movement.</p> <p><strong>Jen Curtis</strong> earned a BA from UCLA and an MSW from USC and has been an <strong>educational consultant and professional speaker for the past 12 years</strong>. As the owner of FutureWise Consulting, she has worked with hundreds of students on every aspect of the <strong>college admission process</strong>. She's particularly passionate about empowering teens to approach life with intention and educating parents about navigating their parent compass.  </p> <p>In this episode, we are talking about <strong>preparing kids for life beyond high school</strong>, particularly if they're thinking about college or some sort of post-secondary training. But even if they aren't, you are going to get a lot of <strong>great tips and ideas around how to support kids in this phase of life.</strong></p> <p>We’ll also be answering questions like how can we as parents best prepare our kids for education in life beyond high school? How can we help them strike the <strong>balance of realistic but also ambitious goals</strong>? And how can we manage ourselves and our feelings so that we're <strong>not pushing them into something that might not be the best path for them</strong>? Perhaps the most important message here is to start empowering your kids at a young age to speak for themselves, advocate for themselves and express their own individual interests. Learn more about Cindy and Jen <a href="https://www.parentcompassbook