Encouraging Your Child's Special Interests and Passion

Encouraging Your Child s Special Interests and Passion If you are intent on encouraging your child’s special areas of interest or passion, you’ve probably realized that this can be an expensive undertaking. Some interests involve special equipment or... More

Encouraging Your Child s Special Interests and Passion If you are intent on encouraging your child’s special areas of interest or passion, you’ve probably realized that this can be an expensive undertaking. Some interests involve special equipment or resources to develop, and unfortunately the library doesn’t have it all. However, if you are treat those interests as a part of your child’s academic course load, and as an investment towards their college admissions and scholarships, the cost might start to seem more manageable. My children’s areas of specialization tended to be in academic subject areas. For our family, “The Teaching Company” courses were really a huge deal. Almost every year, my children would get a “Teaching Company” course. “The Teaching Company” provides college level lectures on audio and video, so you’re giving information to your kids that is at the next level. If they’re interested in classical music or history, you don’t have to limit them to only what th Less