A single parent by choice, Toby Simon has raised a highly engaged and successful daughter. Her daughter Hattie held a fundraiser for victims of child slavery
at the age of 12, became a working jazz vocalist & musician at the age of 14, and at the age of 16 received both a national anti-tobacco advocacy award and
a national arts award for jazz performance. With a modest single parent income, Toby has tackled the same challenges that so many parents face ...how do
we help our kids gain all the opportunities they deserve to be engaged and successful in life, without the income to back it up? Toby teaches that it's not about
pushing our kids, but rather uncovering and coaching our kids' passions. She shows how to navigate resources to help them excel in school and life, access
unknown scholarships and financial aid, and finally, how to publicize their successes like a marketing pro!

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Everyone Should Have Her Problems

The dilemmas of an engaged kid! This week Hattie had the following offers:
  • A local marketing firm hired her to be a paid part-time manager of several anti-tobacco social media websites
  • She received an all expenses paid scholarship to an 8 week summer language program to study a foreign language in another country
  • She was offered a Peer Support mentor position at an international summer camp that promotes peace and dialogue among youth from countries in conflict
  • She was notified she is a finalist for the highly selective Bezos Scholars Program which sends just 12 high school juniors in the U.S. to the Aspen Ideas Festival for a week this summer
Some of these activities happen at the same time...so she'll have some tough decisions to make
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