Joanna Nesbit

Getting kids in the kitchen has all kinds of surprising benefits, from teaching them an important life skill to opening them up to new taste experiences. Here are eight ways to encourage your budding sous-chef.

Some kids happily nosh on baby tomatoes or steamed peas while others won’t go anywhere near vegetables.

In recent years, some private colleges have begun slashing tuition rates for their undergraduate students, some by up to 50 percent. In the higher education world, these dramatic drops are called “tuition resets.”

Young people forgo health insurance for many reasons, including cost concerns, lack of understanding, not knowing where to get healthcare, and not realizing they might need it.

Learning about your EFC can stir up a lot of confusion and misunderstanding. Here’s what you need to know.

Sometimes college-bound students don’t readily engage, and parents encounter subtle resistance. If you have a dawdler, here’s what might be going on.

For the most part, dorm rooms won’t require anything more complicated than accessorizing, but sometimes building issues can crop up. Here's what to know.

Paying for college is expensive. Most parents worry about it, but many stash their concern for another day because it feels complicated and overwhelming — and immediate expenses feel more pressing.

Every year, college students stream into school lugging new stuff for their dorm rooms or apartments. Nine months later, the process shifts into reverse, with hundreds of tons of usable goods landing in dumpsters.

We want kids to enter the real world as prepared and self-sufficient as possible. The road to this goal has one major rule: make sure you let them drive sometimes.

Approximately 250 colleges and universities—mostly private institutions but also a few public—use the College Board’s CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, and if you apply to any of these schools, you’ll need to fill it out.

When my daughter started babysitting as a young teen, I offered what I thought were helpful tips for setting herself apart.

We are the Fit School’s 5:50 a.m. group, rising before dawn to exercise ahead of the workday and school schedules.

Savvy PTO and PTA leaders are turning to mobile apps to streamline fundraising tasks, including organizing volunteers, advertising events, and accepting payments.

It’s not easy opening up about debt, but it’s the first step to getting out of it.