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ScottCounseling.com was created to serve you and provide solutions for your everyday problems.  ScottCounseling has trained, licensed, professional counselors available to assist you with options that will successfully bring about a solution for your counseling need.  ScottCounseling has help hundreds of individuals with questions about:

Children and Teens  Anxiety  Marriage  Depression  ADD/ADHD  Academic and Schools

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Great School Don’t Just Happen

It doesn’t matter which school official you talk to in the surrounding school districts, every school in the area has its strengths and weaknesses. For some athletics is the leading force, for others it is academics and the arts that students and parents take extreme pride in.  Many schools are overcrowded making it difficult for teachers to teach.  So, what make a great school great?  This article shares some points of interest to consider when one attempts to make this decision about a school.

Teachers and Staff

Schools that have have a professional staff, passionate ready to meet the challenge of educating today’s young people make a school great. When teachers go beyond the… Continue Reading

Do ‘Helicopter Moms and Dads’ Do More Harm Than Good?
‘Hovering Parents’ Have Become Common on College Campuses

By ABC News: 20/20 television Series

The term, “helicopter parent” has been around for over a decade. Some parents are insulted when another parent asks if they are a “helicopter parent,” or “helicopter mom.” The term has become more commonly accepted. It refers to a parent who has the desire to fly in and fly out with the purpose of rescuing their child in distress. Most parents, who love their children, have been on rescuing missions (some using a jet, instead of a helicopter) to rescue their child. This article, presented by ABC News has some interesting points to make regarding this… Continue Reading

More than half of all recent high school graduates in the United States pursue some type of postsecondary education. In many other countries, a smaller percentage of students go on for more schooling after high school. However, in America, recent surveys show that most parents want their children to get some college education. There are many higher education options in the United States. For this reason, your child is likely to find a college wellsuited to his or her needs.

There are two basic types of post-secondary education institutions:

Community, Technical, and Junior Colleges
Many kinds of colleges offer programs that are less than four years in length. Most of these schools offer education and training programs that are two years in length or shorter… Continue Reading

When I graduated from college 28 years ago, the cost of a one 3 credit course was approximately $42.  The same course now (at a state school) will run approximately $420!  Parenting children who are planning to go to college takes time and effort.  Any financial planner will tell you, “the sooner you begin, the better.”  This article will help you begin that planning with some up-to-date ideas to help you financially plan your child’s college career.
If you’re good at planning ahead…

You may have thought about it before your child was even born, perhaps while you were shopping for a bassinet and teddy bears. At any rate, you probably started thinking about it when your child was very young. After all, it’s one… Continue Reading

The first years of college can be stressful for both the student and parent. Helping your child as he or she enters the final stages of child developmental should include a discussion of post secondary school options. In some parts of the country, less than 25% of the students who enter college leave with a degree. For some parents, this is shocking news. For others, this statistic encouraged parents to do some prior planning with their child that would lead them to the positive side of this statistic; the side that included college or post secondary graduation. Author, Dr. Randall Hansen, shares some post high school planning tips in his article: “College: 25 Tips to Help You Survive… Continue Reading