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Start Spreading The News!

As we’re all having to face “sheltering in place,” we thought it would be a great time to expose parents and their high school-aged kids to wonderful benefits of SCPP! That’s why we are offering free access to our site for 30 days. So many people’s immediate future has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic,

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Stuck at Home? Get Free Career Planning Resources!

Charlotte’s SCPPP Offering Free Online Career Planning For Students and Parents Now Stuck At Home By Charlotte Stories – March 23, 2020 High school students and parents now have the opportunity to turn some of their new-found time together into something positive and rewarding by opening the conversation about life after high school. The Charlotte-based developers

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Speaking Well. Listening Well.

Speak Well. Listen Well. Are you familiar with the saying that you have two ears and one mouth – so you should listen twice as much as you speak! Easier said than done for some of us. For others, maybe it is EASY! Or maybe you are quiet, but you are not actively listening! Listening

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Enabling or Empowering?

“The entire arc of parenting is walking that balance beam between doing too much and doing too little.” – LISA HEFFERNAN, Grown & Flown From the time they are born, we want to help guide their steps. Before you know it, they are preparing for college and considering what’s next. How can you help guide

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What If…

The whole college and career planning process is not easy for kids. Making sense of your student’s next steps (College? Vocational school? Workforce? Something else?) can be confusing and stressful. But WHAT IF the process didn’t have to be so difficult?   What if… We could redefine “college readiness” – to develop an awareness of

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New Year’s Resolutions – Make Them Stick!

We’ve all been there – a particular behavior causes us problems so we make a concerted effort in order to change our direction. For some, this is a lack of initiative or communication, disorganization, complaining, blaming, etc. – the list goes on and on. A lot of us make New Year’s resolutions, vowing to make

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