by Fred Campos | Jun 19, 2014 | Parenting and Co-Parenting Tips
[W]hen I started college 25 years ago, the number of friends that majored in “Undecided” was huge. We were told that a degree in anything would work and tons of my friends graduated with a degree in “General Studies.” That was fine when 18 hours cost $565 (my real...
by Fred Campos | Mar 9, 2014 | Parenting and Co-Parenting Tips
Dr. Marcia Cantarella is author of “I Can Finish College,” and former dean and vice president of student affairs of several prestigious colleges. In her Huffington post, “College as the Dress Rehearsal for Your Career,” she states: “Each phase has its purpose in...
by Fred Campos | Feb 28, 2014 | Parenting and Co-Parenting Tips
Four years ago when I started a social media web company, I never dreamed my phone would ring with businesses wanting to do social media background checks for new hires. Read that line again. Parents, what our kids post, blog, tweet, and pin up on social media during...
by Fred Campos | Feb 6, 2014 | Parenting and Co-Parenting Tips
The 2011 Center for Disease Control reveals that nearly half of all high school students reported having had sex. One in three claimed to have sex during the last three months and half of the 19 million new cases of STD are among these same young people. You’ve long...
by Fred Campos | Jan 1, 2014 | Parenting and Co-Parenting Tips
If you watch the news and you see an arrested teen caught with drugs, a drunk teen being put into a police car, or a tearful conversation about teen pregnancy, the conversation most likely starts with… “I had these friends.” Teens don’t realize that the high school...
by Fred Campos | Sep 29, 2013 | Parenting and Co-Parenting Tips
[N]othing marks time like having kids. One day you are teaching them to ride a bike. Then you blink and they are 14 years old starting 9th grade. I am fortunate to live in a district that actually still has 9th graders in middle or junior high school. However, 9th...
