Overview

Life Prep for Homeschooled Teenagers is a parent-friendly curriculum for teaching your teens how to live as morally and financially responsible adults. The book includes instructions for customizing the curriculum for all teens, whether they're work-bound or college-bound. This third edition is completely updated and expanded, and includes six new projects to prepare teens for a life of managing their money with a goal of financial freedom. A new section, ""Work or College?"" helps you determine if your teenager is ""college material,"" and explains how to help your teen find the careers that have the best prospects in the new economy. Step-by-step projects (requiring minimal preparation by parents) teach your teens about debit and credit cards, health insurance, taxes, debt (including student loans), budgeting and many other subjects they'll face once they're on their own. Reading and writing assignments review the principles your teens need to get along with family, friends and coworkers, and to live their values in their personal and work lives. This book is a compilation of all the practical things you wish you'd been taught in high school. Now you can make sure your teens are ready for life ""out of the nest.""

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"Reviews from the First Edition of Life Prep for Homeschooled Teenagers ""Both because of the content and the design, I think homeschoolers are likely to find this one of the most practical and important resources for high school."" Cathy Duffy, author of 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum ""I highly recommend this book for anyone with older children. While I am doing this with my daughter now at age 16, it would certainly be a beneficial study for 14- and 15- year-olds as well. Actually, I'm hoping I might learn something."" Terri Miller, Staff Writer - The Old Schoolhouse Magazine ""Life Prep for Homeschooled Teenagers is an amazing resource designed for those preparing to leave home."" The Virginia Home Educator ""I can tell you that by using this book as it is intended you will save your children much future grief.... Barbara Frank has put together a clear, helpful guide that covers more than I had thought of myself, in putting together a list of what our teen needs to know before she sprouts feathers and flies the nest."" Eclectic Homeschool Online - www.eho.org"

Reviews from the First Edition of Life Prep for Homeschooled Teenagers Both because of the content and the design, I think homeschoolers are likely to find this one of the most practical and important resources for high school. Cathy Duffy, author of 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum I highly recommend this book for anyone with older children. While I am doing this with my daughter now at age 16, it would certainly be a beneficial study for 14- and 15- year-olds as well. Actually, I'm hoping I might learn something. Terri Miller, Staff Writer - The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Life Prep for Homeschooled Teenagers is an amazing resource designed for those preparing to leave home. The Virginia Home Educator I can tell you that by using this book as it is intended you will save your children much future grief.... Barbara Frank has put together a clear, helpful guide that covers more than I had thought of myself, in putting together a list of what our teen needs to know before she sprouts feathers and flies the nest. Eclectic Homeschool Online - www.eho.org

Author Information

Barbara Frank homeschooled her four children from birth through high school. She is a writer, editor and former newspaper reporter whose work has appeared in Focus on the Family Magazine, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine and Wisdom Family Magazine (Alberta, Canada). She has a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Barbara Frank's Web site: http: //barbarafrankonline.com

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