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The future en Español

As a parent, you need to support your daughter to help her reach her goals. Helping her with her homework or driving her to soccer practice is a great way to do this. But keep in mind, your daughter needs some down time too. Today's teens often feel pulled in many different directions. As a result, many teens end up feeling worried or anxious. The resources in this section cover many different topics, including helping your teen plan for the future, teaching your teen money management skills, and teaching her to manage her time. For your daughter, we have included a link to information on career options.

Featured articles

1.  Back to School: Five Myths about Girls and Science
2. Helping Your Teen Decide What to Do After High School
3. Helping Your Teen With Homework

Web sites

1.  Career Voyages - This site provides detailed career information with a focus on high-growth industries and high-demand occupations, including the skills, training, and education needed. Career Voyages is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education.
2.   girlshealth.gov: Your Future - We have created the girlshealth.gov section on the future to help adolescent girls learn more about some of the unique health issues and social situations they will encounter during the teen years. This section provides information, resources, and links to help your daughter learn more about how to prepare for her future.

3.  My Future - From the U.S. Department of Defense, this web site has information and resources about choosing a career, job-hunting, finances, and careers in the military.
4.  Students.gov - This site is a cooperative effort between federal agencies, students, and members of the higher education community, under the leadership of the U.S. Department of Education. The site provides teens with information about career development and education planning, including paying for education.
5.  U.S Small Business Administration's Teen Business Link - The Office of Business and Community Initiatives, within the Office of Entrepreneurial Development, has designed this web site to introduce teenagers to the concept of small business ownership as a viable career choice by helping them shape their dreams of entrepreneurship and making them come true.
6. CareerOneStop - This Federal and non-profit online collaboration provides detailed information on training and education planning to meet career goals.
7. IPL Teen Space – School and Homework Help - The Internet Public Library's Teen Space from the University of Michigan provides links to resources for students for finding help with homework, choosing a career, and planning ahead.
8. Mapping Your Future - For Parents - Parents and students can learn about the steps they need to take each year to plan their futures. This link takes you to the Mapping Your Future web page geared for parents.
9. PTO Central - This is a web site focusing on parental involvement in schools. The site provides relevant educational links for parent-teacher groups on a local, state, and national level.

Publications

1. Parent/Teacher Resources: Time Management (Copyright © PBS Kids) - Learning how to manage time is one of the most valuable lessons a child or teen can learn. This web site provides links to various tools and articles that parents can use to teach their child about managing time efficiently.
   
   http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/parents/resources/time.html
2.   Teaching Your Children Money Management (Copyright © AICPA) (PDF – 114KB) - Want to teach your child how to manage his or her money? This publication gives suggestions on how to teach your child this important skill in elementary, middle, or high school.
   
   http://www.aicpa.org/download/financialliteracy/Parenthood_Toolkit/Teaching_Children.pdf
3.   The Healthy Student: A Parent's Guide to Preparing Teens for the College Years (Copyright © SAM) (PDF – 3.8MB) - This publication discusses important health issues parents need to keep in mind when their teen goes to college, such as independence and confidentiality, a pre-college health exam, immunizations, health insurance, and more.
   
   http://www.adolescenthealth.org/The_Healthy_Student.pdf

Organizations

1.   U.S. Department of Education
   
   http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml
2. Association for Women in Mathematics
   
   http://www.awm-math.org/
3. Kids Health
   
   http://kidshealth.org/
4. Kids.gov
   
   http://kids.gov/
5. Work4Women
   
   http://www.work4women.org/

 

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Content last updated November 11, 2007

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