Parents Are Important Conference at Lansing Eastern High School
Jerome Vierling and Devinn Lovette (intern) of City Life Lansing held a workshop on communicating with your teen.
Photo by Bob Killips
Excuse me, are you listening? 15-8
Dear Readers,
A trip out of town to check out a new venue was just what the doctor ordered. I love traveling in Michigan. No matter where you live explore your state, city or county.
Movie Review: “Barbershop: The Next Cut”
Comedian Cedric the Entertainer reprises his role as Eddie, long-time barber and friend of Calvin (Ice Cube) and his dad.
Recipe: Buttermilk Ranch Chicken Wraps
Recipe Serves: 10
Make healthy wraps for a potluck lunch. They are delightful!
Congratulations on your Student Loan DEBT… It has Increased!
By Porsche Miles-Grant
Did you know that the college graduates of 2015 made history by having the most student loan debt? In 2015, the average student loan debt totaled to 35k. In past years, student loan debt ranged anywhere from 26k-28k on average.
Virtual Tourist – 5 Thrilling Adventures
By VirtualTourist.com
Looking for some adventure on your next trip? Members of travel website VirtualTourist.com love adventure and with this in mind prepared a list of some of their favorite activities and places to do them.
Swimming with Whale Sharks, Exmouth, Western Australia
Interpersonal Edge: Workplace friendships are different from those in private life
By Dr. Daneen SkubeTribune Content Agency
Q. I’m a very loyal person, and I have a hard time with the rapid coming and going of people in the workplace. I enjoy long-term relationships, and it just seems like I get whiplash watching the turn over at work. How do you recommend your clients handle their personal attachments to people at work?
THE KID’S DOCTOR: Early talkers are few but mighty
There are few children who are speaking in full sentences by the time they are 18 to 24 months.
Photo by fotolia.com.
By Sue Hubbard, M.D.
Is your child a precocious talker? Most children start to acquire words around 12 to 15 months, but that means five to 10 words and building. By the time children are 18 months old, they are often mimicking when you ask them to say a word, and some are putting two words together.
Jill on Money: Onus is on students, parents to nail down college costs
By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Content Agency
College acceptances are in, and now the hard part: figuring out how to pay for it! With the cost of tuition, fees, room and board at public four-year colleges running around $20,000 – and up to $70,000 for some elite private schools – how can families foot the steep education bill?
Girl Scout Collects Boxes of Cookies to Donate to the Homeless Angels
Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan was formed in 2008 when 7 councils merged to one.
The cookie program is great for girls and it is in most cases girls
introduction to financial
literacy.
The skills the girls gain are:
Business ethics
Goal setting
Money management
People skills
Decision making
These are skills that prepare them for adulthood and prepare them to be tomorrow leaders.
Courtesy photo
Mike Karl and Leyliana Moreno. Leyliana collected 132 boxes to be donated to the Homeless Angels.