Often when meeting parents at Back to School Night, they would ask me what they could give their children for Christmas or their birthday that would help them get ahead. I loved this question, and soon began writing a list of gift ideas on the board before any parent meeting. Here’s the list I would write on the board this year, (if I was still in the classroom) and the ages when I would give them:
1. Seven Habits of Highly Effective Students by Sean Covey – Age 13
2. Personality Plus by Florence Littauer – Age 14
3. The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz – Age 15
4. Free $ for College for Dummies by David Rosen and Caryn Mladen – Age 16
5. The Blue Zones of Happiness by Dan Buettner – Age 17
6. The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley – Age 18
Of course, it would be unethical to suggest families buy my own book, Free College, if I was still in the classroom, but I’m not. So, long before your child is thirteen, you need a copy of Free College. It’s for all families of Pre-K through high school students (college bound or not). Like the strategy in this article, parents start the process and students take over as they mature.
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