20-Something Issues
A parenting guide to twenty-somethings, quarterlife crises, careers and relationships.
After the Diploma
The mortarboard has been tossed, the champagne popped, and your college kid is now officially done with school - and you, with tuition. So what now? Here's a quick rundown on college graduate possibilities, including the AmeriCorps, grad school and more.
The mortarboard has been tossed, the champagne popped, and your college kid is now officially done with school - and you, with tuition. So what now? Here's a quick rundown on college graduate possibilities, including the AmeriCorps, grad school and more.
What is a Fulbright?
Like a study abroad option for college graduates, Fulbright scholarships fund post-graduate research studies in Europe, Asia and around the world.
Like a study abroad option for college graduates, Fulbright scholarships fund post-graduate research studies in Europe, Asia and around the world.
What is Teach for America?
As new college graduates fan out, looking for jobs, Teach for America is becoming an increasingly popular option. But what is Teach for America?
As new college graduates fan out, looking for jobs, Teach for America is becoming an increasingly popular option. But what is Teach for America?
What is the MCAT?
MCAT: What is the MCAT?
MCAT: What is the MCAT?
21st Birthday Party - Ideas for a 21st Birthday Party
Share your tips for celebrating a 21st birthday or throwing a 21st birthday party.
Share your tips for celebrating a 21st birthday or throwing a 21st birthday party.
21st Birthday Gift Ideas - Share Tips on 21st Birthday Gifts
Share your tips for great 21st birthday gifts.
Share your tips for great 21st birthday gifts.
Wedding Planning Tips - Tips for Planning Weddings
How did you divide wedding costs?
How did you divide wedding costs?
Wedding Planning for Parents
Wedding Planning for Parents: The how-to bridal guides that got our mothers through 20th century weddings are no longer the rulebooks they once were. Here are tips on wedding planning for today's parents.
Wedding Planning for Parents: The how-to bridal guides that got our mothers through 20th century weddings are no longer the rulebooks they once were. Here are tips on wedding planning for today's parents.
Parents & Wedding Costs
Once upon a time, the bride's parents paid the wedding costs (and assembled goats, carts and other dowry gifts too). Now families split wedding costs many different ways. Here's the traditional breakdown of wedding costs for parents.
Once upon a time, the bride's parents paid the wedding costs (and assembled goats, carts and other dowry gifts too). Now families split wedding costs many different ways. Here's the traditional breakdown of wedding costs for parents.
Alternative Ways to Split Wedding Costs
Wedding Costs: There are many alternative ways for families and parents to split wedding costs.
Wedding Costs: There are many alternative ways for families and parents to split wedding costs.
3 Career-Smart Ways for Your College Kid to Spend a Summer
Instead of focusing on "the right major" or "perfect career," the best college career advice focuses on kids' passions. Here are three ways college kids can explore career paths over the summer.
Instead of focusing on "the right major" or "perfect career," the best college career advice focuses on kids' passions. Here are three ways college kids can explore career paths over the summer.
21st Birthday Gifts
Tradition has it that new 21-year-olds should be given a fine vintage from the year they were born – or perhaps I’ve been reading too many British novels from the last century because for most 21st century families, such a gift has all sorts of problems, not the least of which is the lack of a temperature controlled wine cellar, and a butler to decant the Chateauneuf de Whatever. And most you…
Tradition has it that new 21-year-olds should be given a fine vintage from the year they were born – or perhaps I’ve been reading too many British novels from the last century because for most 21st century families, such a gift has all sorts of problems, not the least of which is the lack of a temperature controlled wine cellar, and a butler to decant the Chateauneuf de Whatever. And most you…
21st Birthday Party Ideas
There’s something about hitting that magic birthday - the legal drinking age - that makes even normally level-headed young adults throw caution to the winds. Tales of 21st birthday pub crawls and epic day-after hangovers abound. But here are five ideas for families who want to host a memorable 21st birthday celebration, with a little celebratory booze, but no hangovers
There’s something about hitting that magic birthday - the legal drinking age - that makes even normally level-headed young adults throw caution to the winds. Tales of 21st birthday pub crawls and epic day-after hangovers abound. But here are five ideas for families who want to host a memorable 21st birthday celebration, with a little celebratory booze, but no hangovers
A Parent's Guide to Understanding the Quarterlife Crisis
Some young adults are lucky enough to know what they want to do from an early age. For the rest, the adjustment to the real world can be a harsh one. That's why it's been dubbed the Quarterlife Crisis. Here are some tips to help parents of young adults understand what's going on.
Some young adults are lucky enough to know what they want to do from an early age. For the rest, the adjustment to the real world can be a harsh one. That's why it's been dubbed the Quarterlife Crisis. Here are some tips to help parents of young adults understand what's going on.
The Best Quarterlife Crisis Books
Quarterlife Crisis: Books for 20-somethings - and their families - on surviving and thriving, from identity crises to the relationship and career travails of quarterlife.
Quarterlife Crisis: Books for 20-somethings - and their families - on surviving and thriving, from identity crises to the relationship and career travails of quarterlife.
Quarterlife Crisis - 5 Ways Parents Can Help
The upheaval of the twenties may be unavoidable, as young college graduates chart a new course. But there are five things parents can do to help.
The upheaval of the twenties may be unavoidable, as young college graduates chart a new course. But there are five things parents can do to help.
From College to Working Life
Ease the transition from college life to the working world with this how-to guide for entry level jobs.
Ease the transition from college life to the working world with this how-to guide for entry level jobs.
Changing Gears: Job Tips for Career Changers
It's not unusual to change career paths mid-stride, particularly during those early post-grad years. Here's are tips for career changers.
It's not unusual to change career paths mid-stride, particularly during those early post-grad years. Here's are tips for career changers.
Quarterlife Crisis Resources
That signature crisis of confidence that strikes most 20-somethings has a name now, Quarterlife Crisis.
That signature crisis of confidence that strikes most 20-somethings has a name now, Quarterlife Crisis.