{"product_id":"9780997721607","title":"Debt is a Four-letter Word But it Need Not Be!: The College Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs their children grow up parents face increasing need to develop and guide their wise formal use of money. In the teen years, acquiring a credit card is a first foray. Then purchasing a first auto comes along. As post-secondary education nears, student loans arise. Graduation moves a better auto and a first condo or home purchase to the horizon. Increasing complexity and monetary magnitude of loan needs can be a scary challenge for people relatively new to debt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebt is a 4-Letter Word, but it need not be! is a book series that helps parents and young people to effectively maneuver through first-time debt worries. In The College Experience the reader walks along as a fictionalized Dad and daughter go through her independent need for a credit card for ongoing college expenses, financing her college dreams, considering graduate school, and planning for post-graduation repayment of student loans. One observes Dad's caring teaching path; taken atop informed, strategic borrowing strategies he shares and uses as they make important decisions and take vital steps together. You see a parent become less and less overseeing and a daughter more and more self-reliant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebt is a 4-Letter Word, but it need not be! The College Experience volume includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• 20 LESSONS about typical college-related debt needs young families face \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• 42 detailed hypothetical SITUATIONS numerically covering borrowing circumstances commonly encountered in real life college experiences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Step-by-step explanation of needed calculation techniques \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• 39 easy-to-do EXERCISES for the reader to try the illustrated calculation methods \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Table-based aids to simplify\/expedite applying the detailed calculations procedures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile pragmatic and detailed, the book is written in a fun, narrative style so the reader will enjoy learning what otherwise might be unexciting financial matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Gutkowski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036203729136,"sku":"9780997721607","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780997721607_p0.jpg?v=1763956828","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780997721607","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}