How honest family conversations can help students avoid regretting their college debt – MarketWatch

Briana Casale normally looks forward to Christmas. This year, shes dreading it.

Casale, a 21-year-old teaching assistant in Cranston, Rhode Island who graduated in May, will see her six-month grace period on her student loans end with the arrival of the holidays. That means a harsh dose of financial reality for the Simmons College graduate, who took out…