Derek Haake

College students in the US this year will spend $4 billion on textbooks. Many students will simply go to the campus bookstore and pay, in some cases 40% over MSRP for their textbooks. This article discusses some of the issues and reasons why textbook prices are so high, and offers students some constructive means to save on one of the highest escalating costs of higher education.

College students frequently post information online on social networks, which provide an excellent opportunity to network with friends, reconnect with family and friends you've lost touch with and stay informed about what is going on in your community. However, this article discusses some of the potential drawbacks and problems that college students can face when they go and interview for a job, start networking with other business people, or even if they run afoul of the legal system.

College students are going back to school, and many will spend hundreds of dollars (more precisely, $1000 this year) on textbooks from the campus bookstore. Further, many of these students will be paying for their textbooks with money obtained from student loans. This article discusses the impact of student loans, and that the average student could repay up to $20,000 or $30,000 for the textbooks they buy while in college.

eTextbooks are sweeping across the country both in adoption and publicity, but are they really the best choice for students? They provide enhanced content, but there are drawbacks, including price, the potential for distractions, and even whether they would be usable in an open book exam.

Many recent trends discuss tracking your children with cellular phones and GPS. This article discusses some of the issues that parents will face concerning this type of technology, and will provide parents with an informed decision regarding whether to invade their children's personal privacy, what repercussions parents can expect, and provide a framework for making this decision.

A recent article in Time Magazine disclosed the fact that most mothers on state supported systems are intelligible for support for disposable diapers. Many think that mothers who are on state support systems (Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, etc.) are able to get everything they need for their babies, but diapers are not included. In fact, many parents are unable to provide either cloth or disposable, simply because they are unable to wash cloth diapers.

A recent search of the Pampers website (www.Pampers.com) revealed that the company has now classified some of their training pants and disposable bedwetting pants as Size 8. With the release of Size 7 disposable diapers three years ago by the same company, what does this say about our children and our potty-training habits? In the 1960s children were potty-trained by the age of 18 months on average. Currently the average age is 30 months (2 and a half years for non-parents). What do we do?

This article discusses the issues relating to buying disposable diapers on e-bay. Are there good deals? How do you find the best deal? What do you need to look for and avoid? A recent search of eBay found that they had almost 20,000 different diaper listings, posing the question, where are the good deals, how do you find them and how can you tell if you are getting your money's worth?

This article uses the Intelligent Mommy database to demonstrate the costs of disposable diapers, and then demonstrates how much money people could spend extra if buying diapers at expensive prices. The average number of diapers used by a baby is 7,000 before they are potty-trained. This means that a simple $0.05 cents per diaper difference adds up to $350 extra. Unfortunately, based on over 700 diaper prices, the average price difference is $0.15 per diaper, meaning extra costs of $1,026.78