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		<title>Early Mistakes Can Help Our Children See the Big Picture</title>
		<link>http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/2010/04/early-mistakes-can-help-our-children-see-the-big-picture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gwamma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Letting Go]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the first things I did after becoming a single mom was to attend a parenting seminar put on by Jim Fay.  The first line from Fay’s mouth that night may have made folks wonder. &#8220;If you are really good parents,&#8221; he told his audience, &#8220;you will go home tonight and pray your kids [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College Student Suicides</title>
		<link>http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/2010/03/college-student-suicides/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collegemomindebt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother’s heart breaks when I read about the students who’ve taken their lives at Cornell University.   http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2010/03/19/2010-03-19_recent_wave_of_suicides_at_cornell_leaves_parents_worried_and_students_anxious_.html I can think of no greater loss to a family.  We all expect our children to outlive us and when that doesn’t happen and suicide appears to be the cause, so many questions and doubts arise.  It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to Breathe</title>
		<link>http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/2010/02/time-to-breathe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collegemomindebt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finances]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yay!  It&#8217;s finally time to breathe. Our 1099 tax form has been completed and filed and we&#8217;re getting a modest return.  Daughter Number Two has sat at the computer and entered the remaining data to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) while I hunted down numbers for her from various tax forms.  The FAFSA is done and has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School of Hard Knocks</title>
		<link>http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/2010/02/school-of-hard-knocks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gwamma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent to Parent]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of summers ago, I was gifted with the opportunity to spend a morning with a well-known photographer and his college-aged daughter.  He was photographing a friend’s homestead ranch for a book he was preparing and pointing out to both Katie and me some potential photos for us to practice on.  And in between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advice from Gwamma</title>
		<link>http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/2010/01/advice-from-gwamma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gwamma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Us]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Gwamma, what do you want to be when you gwow up?” Pleased that my four-year old granddaughter thought I was young enough to still have a choice, I told her I should have been a veterinarian and asked if she knew what that was. “Yes,” she told me. “It means you would take care of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Season I Dread Most</title>
		<link>http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/2009/12/season-i-dread-most/</link>
		<comments>http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/2009/12/season-i-dread-most/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collegemomindebt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent to Parent]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a parent of a college aged daughter I dread January. ‘Tis the season of getting taxes done early so I can get the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completed. The FAFSA is used by the college to determine our estimated family contribution (EFC). The EFC is the amount we will be expected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Signs of Distress</title>
		<link>http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/2009/12/signs-of-distress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collegemomindebt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story below is based on a true story but the names have been changed for confidentiality. When Tawnya’s grandmother passed away after a long and painful illness it sent the whole family into a tailspin. Grandma had been the spiritual head of the family. She was the one that family members went to when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Shout Out to Hospitable Parents</title>
		<link>http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/2009/12/shout-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/2009/12/shout-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collegemomindebt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent to Parent]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When daughter number one was transitioning between college and graduate school she opted to go to New Orleans, a city where we didn’t know anyone. She insisted on going straight from college graduation to New Orleans. She was to have a job starting in six weeks and would be in school at Tulane University and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Identity Theft Happens</title>
		<link>http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/2009/12/identity-theft/</link>
		<comments>http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/2009/12/identity-theft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>firstgencollegekid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parent to Parent]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/?p=338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Identity theft happens regardless of gender, age or ethnicity. In fact, a growing target is among university students. Many people turn to identity recovery programs once they have become the victim of identity fraud. Or they may attempt to &#8220;clean up&#8221; the incident themselves. However, there are companies out there, such as ID Theft Assist, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comforting Across the Miles</title>
		<link>http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/2009/12/comforting-across-the-miles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/2009/12/comforting-across-the-miles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collegemomindebt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent to Parent]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.studentassistanceplan.com/blog/?p=349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The phone rings and a familiar voice gasps, “Mom?” And then sounds of sobbing come over the line. My motherly mind races through several sad scenarios and I have to rein in my thoughts of the possible worst to simply ask, “What’s wrong?” Then regardless of what my college-aged child has to tell me, I [...]]]></description>
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