Help them (Student Loan) help themselves

Help them help themselves
Here are some tactics parents can use to help themselves and their children financially at any age, if need be:

Sallie Mae Gives Guidance on Selecting Student Loans for College
RESTON, Va., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- A college education is an investment that creates an abundance of personal and professional rewards over one's lifetime.

SimpleTuition Raises $4.4 Million in Financing
BOSTON----April 14, 2006--SimpleTuition, a new company that will simplify the college financial aid process, today announced the completion of a $4.4 million Series A financing led by Atlas Venture and IDG Ventures Boston.

Cutting the purse strings
Most parents make sure their kids know what they need to about sex by the time they're 20.

TIPS ON
TOUGH LOVE Here are some tactics parents can use to help themselves and their children financially, at any age: Don't be an ATM. There are loans for college, cars and homes but none for retirement. Don't put your own financial security at risk to help your kids.

The case against Mike Ferguson
Linda Stender, the Democratic candidate for Congress in District 7, is fortunate in at least one respect: the case against her opponent Congressman Mike Ferguson, R-7th, is one that is easy to make. If politics were a trial, Ferguson would need to hire the best defense attorney in America to defend his record in Congress and would likely still lose.