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From Highschool to College: Preparing your Child to Make Right Choices

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A child's journey from highschool to college is a major transition in his/her life. This transitional phase is epochal in a child's academic as well as personal growth. Till highschool, a child is exposed to a constrained world--less complex and posing fewer challenges. But the child is exposed to a more complex world in the college life. And so, it is essential to prepare your child to face this complex world outside the confinements of the house and the highschool. The first step in preparing the child is to help him/her explore the academic interest. A child, especially a teenager, is very vulnerable in making a decision under pressure. Peer and parental pressure plays a key role at this stage. Many a times, a child’s decision is influenced by the choices of his/her friends and expectations from parents. Not many kids can actually identify their natural skills and interests, and further, very few amongst them can harp enough strength to chase their interests or to flow ag