Choosing a College. Home or Abroad?

What choices do you have when sending your child to college? Should he/she stay within reach or should your teenager go to school abroad?

In my discussion with my teenager, I discovered that she wants to stay within the country in order to be close to her friends. I have therefore to consider the environment of the new college I will choose for her. Will it be easy to make new friends in the college? Will it be costly to keep in touch with old friends if I make her study abroad? I have to make her realise that life must go on; if you want to make something of yourself in life, staying close to old friends can be a drag!

The choice of university or college depends on the course of study which interests your teenager. I have had a great time discovering what choices are available in various countries. I tried to focus my search on the cheap or free courses in order to reduce cost. I discovered that in some countries where free university is available, the language of the state is the language with which courses are taught; this means that your teenager will also have to learn a new language in order to blend in such an environment.

For instance in University of Brussels; Dutch and French are the languages mostly used. You are only taught in other languages when the choice of course is based on those languages e.g English.
Your choice of University should first be based on your the course. If you would like to study Languages for instance; choose any university that offers English as a course. You can be sure you will feel at home.

If your course is Accounting however, you cannot choose Boston University for instance without a knowledge of Dutch or French. You would likely not feel at home.

In choosing a career or college for your teenager, ensure that he/she is involved in taking the decisions. Especially if you have to send your teenager abroad, he may have to contribute by working part-time or at least living economically. It is important to ensure that your teenager understands these issues and be ready to make necessary sacrifices. We can only guide, we cannot live their lives for them!!


In carrying out my research I discovered a lot of information which I have compiled. For information on these or on a particular course or college that interests your teenager; you can send an email to:adcatinvestment@gmail.com or visit www.sendyourchildtocollegefree.com for useful information on guiding your teenager in a choice of college.



You have to remember that in making a choice for your teenager his input is very important; that is if you choose a course or college that is not in his field of interest, this may result in conflict and eventually; failure.

Goodluck in your search!!




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Teenage pregnancy

I read in an article that a group of teenagers made a pact to get pregrant and train the children together! Oh God!

Imagine such a bizarre agreement. What do these babies know about making babies?

What do they know about staying up late to breastfeed and taking care of an infant (normal infant) What do they know that can go wrong when an infant is sick? What financial care do they know is involved in taking care of babies. The question goes on and on..

How do you handle a pregnant teenage daughter?

Before the pregrancy

A parent owes a duty to educate a teenager especially girls of the how and wherefore’s of getting pregnant. In our sex education talks, we should not skirt around the topic. (my mum told me that I should not allow ‘boys’ to ‘touch’ me)! I have since discovered that touch is a mere tip of the iceberg.

In our discussions with teenage girls, we should be discreet. While respecting that they will make individual choices, we need to let our teenage girls know that sexual contact with the opposite sex can and will most likely (if contact is repeated) result in pregnancy. Educate them about preventive measures to take, if they decide to have sexual contacts with the opposite sex.

After the pregnancy

The deed is done. No need crying over spilt milk!

Once you discover that your teenager is pregnant. I advise the following steps:

Visit a health practitioner, preferably a gynaecologist.

Know the stage of the pregnancy. Educate the child and yourself on the latest precautions and steps to take to a successful pregnancy. Determine the state of health of the mother (your teenage daughter) and foetus.

Determine the paternity of the baby’s father.

Communicate with your pregnant teenager about her choices: keep the baby, give the baby over, marry the father, etc

Discuss with the father (if known) the role he wishes to play in the life of his baby

Give support psychologically to your teenager.