College Information for You and Your Teens

How to Help Your Teen Choose a College

10 Life Skills Teens Need to be Successful in College

Help Your Teen Graduate from College Debt Free (Even If You Can't Pay)

 

Help in Choosing the Best Career

Does your high schooler need help in choosing a college, as well as a career that will best use his natural talents and spiritual gifts?  This Christian link provides a test that will help direct your teen in the right direction.

http://www.thecallonline.com/   Adults can also find out if they are in the best profession.

Going off to College

by Lois Breneman - 2008

If your children are not going to Christian colleges, encourage them, before they head off to secular colleges, to get connected to one of these good Christian organizations before leaving or immediately upon arrival.   Campus Crusade, InterVarsity, and Navigators   This could make all the difference in the world, in a day when Dr. Josh McDowell has found that 80% of young people, raised in Christian homes who had previously made a commitment to the Lord, are falling away from their faith.  Being connected to other believers, staying in the Word of God, and prayer are key factors.

Two excellent resources heard about on the Point of View radio broadcast on July 28 (www.pointofview.net):

Jonathan Morrow, Founder, Think Christianly, Author: Welcome to College: A Christ Follower’s Guide for the Journey            www.thinkchristianly.org  

How to Stay Christian in College is an Interactive Guide to Keeping the Faith by J. Budziszewski: NAV Press - www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=835103&netp_id=320284&event=ESRCN&item_code=WW

Food Ideas for Life in the College Dorm

by Lois Breneman 

            Mothers, do you have a college-bound son or daughter, who will be leaving the nest in August or September?  Although board does include three meals a day, all college kids seem to enjoy supplementing their diets in their dorms as well.  Maybe that’s why the average college freshman gains fifteen pounds.  Nevertheless, to help ease your mind and no doubt make your grown-up child happy as well, you might want to send him or her to college with a care package of food, at least emphasizing the fruits and vegetables.  Since many college kids these days have a microwave and even a small refrigerator in each room, the snack possibilities have definitely expanded since most of us were in college. 

            For students who only have a microwave available, however, the following staples will keep in the closet almost indefinitely: Canned soups, canned tuna and chicken, canned vegetables and fruit, applesauce, Lipton rice and pasta dinners, macaroni and cheese, chili, noodles, canned spaghetti, stovetop stuffing, microwave popcorn, hot chocolate mix, herbal tea, coffee bags (like tea bags), peanut butter, crackers, oatmeal, raisins, dried cranberries and salsa to use as a dip with tortillas.

Perishable fruits that will last a few days include apples, bananas, oranges, grapes and plums, with apples lasting the longest.

Potatoes could be baked in the microwave and topped with canned chili, tuna or creamed soup.

A small crockpot (1 quart) can also be purchased new for about $10, which would definitely increase the options. 

Be sure to include a few dishes, flatware and cups, possibly some disposable, as well as a few dishcloths, cloth towels and paper towels for clean-up.