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The Five Things I Learned In My Rookie Year Being A Working Mom
This Fall, I celebrated my first anniversary of returning to work after becoming a first-time mother. Ironically, in the same month, I started a new job. In retrospect, it's not a coincidence. They say the first year is the hardest for significant life changes. It's a period of unknowns, new obstacles, and inevitable mistakes made…
How to Calculate the Economic Value of College Degrees
Put simply, calculating the economic value of any particular college degree is difficult. The factors that can affect such a calculation are almost innumerable. However, there are a few considerations that should take precedence in making this determination. Without any further adieu, here they are: The Institution The institution from which the degree is earned…
Should I Earn a College Degree
So you’re thinking of adding a new or different college degree. Bottom line: Only you can decide. Like it or not, costs will play a big factor in your decision. Ultimately, dreaming and finding happiness are paramount The “intangibles” of advancing educationally are huge. The farther you go, the more prestige and status you enjoy,…
Interview with Lisa Unger, Best Selling Author, Wife , and Mom
Lisa Unger is a best selling author of 12 books with 2 more to be released in 2015. The Florida Times-Union called her most recent book, In the Blood, "a page pounding psychological maze." More relevant than her star author status, for our purposes, is the fact that she is a working mom with a happy marriage (in fact…
“The Smartest Kids in the World” Probably Had Good Teachers
There is a new book out with a title sure to spark parents interest: The Smartest Kids in the World. Doesnt every parent hope – or believe — that our kids are the smartest?