Bøger af Christie Barnes

Sports can be the best part of growing up: for health, to make friends, to learn teamwork, to learn about success and failure, to learn perserverance needed to succeed. But sports can be very expensive, they can lead to injury, obsession with winning, over-competitiveness, or giving up when one isn't the best right away. Barnes uses research and statistics to help parents maximize the positives of sports for a enriching experience. Parents need to give some thought and planning to what sport will work best for the child and the family. On average, parents pay nearly one-thousand dollars a year for one child in one sport. Running seems free but shoes, team fees, match fees and uniforms, it can earliy cost $500 a year. Or competitive dance tends to run $16,000 a year. Over-avid parents can put a three-year-old in daily tennis lessons, that that child will be injured out for life with tennis elbox by aged five. Poolside parents can scream at their child to perfect the Australian crawl, but most children cannot coordinate a good crawl until eight. Some body types will make some sports hard and that cannot be overcome. Hiring the Olympic fencing team to train your high school sophomore new to the sport, will not get them on the Olympic Team (the purpose being to get them into Harvard.) And kids in adult-managed teams will not learn as many teamwork skills or sportsmanship traits as neighborhood kids who try to put together an afterschool game. Barnes help parents clarify the goals they want for their child's particiation in sports and how to achieve mentally and physically healthy kids through sports.

The Truth About Career Planning and the College Search Processthe go-to guide for students to find the right path, at the right time, for the right tuition amount to lead to their best career outcome. Anna Costaras and Gail Liss, authors ofThe College Bound Organizer#1 New Release in Education ResearchSociety's guiding truths about higher education are now incorrect. InWhat Every Parent Needs to Know About College Admissions, Christie Barnes helps parents and students alike cut through the noise and find the best school, which might not always be the most prestigious or expensive one.College planning re-examined.All economic levels are getting vastly incorrect information for college and career planning, leading to anxiety-ridden youth and crippling student debt. Less affluent students are being led to more expensive options and high achievers feel compelled to apply for college at the most prestigious institutions. But, whether its a state school, safety school, or public schoolthere are other options beside an overpriced private school. It could be, but it might not be.A guidance counselor for parents.Learn that its not just about the right college, its about the right fit college. Using statistics, experts, and multi-factor analysis to clarify what should and should not be a worry in college planning, Barnes helps parents identify better, and often overlooked, options. In this guide, she dissects the top ten parental worries about how to get into college, including college applications, college admissions, college requirements, and college acceptance.Inside find:The first comprehensive individualized career and academic planning guide available to parents and teensDetails on new innovative programs endorsed by schools, colleges, and HR departmentsA bonus Academic Planning GuideIf you enjoyed books likeLaunch,Prepared, orWhere You Go Is Not Who You'll Be, youll loveWhat Every Parent Needs to Know About College Admissions.