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Recommended Books for Parents

Parents and family members play an important role in enhancing their student's college experience. Below is a list of resources to assist you in supporting your student.

Letting Go: A Parent's Guide to Understanding the College Years. by Karen Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger, 1992.

Almost Grown: Launching your Child from High School to College by Patricia Pasick, 1998.

Career Coaching Your Kids: Guiding Your Child through the Process of Career Discovery by David Montross, Theresa Kane and Robert Ginn, Jr., 1997.

Your College Experience: Strategies for Success by John Gardner and Jerome Jewler, 1999.

Majoring in Success: Building Your Career While Still in College by Anthony Arcieri and Marianne Green, 1999.

The Parent's Crash Course in Career Planning: Helping Your College Student Succeed by Marcia Harris and Sharon Jones, 1996.

When Kids Go to College: A Parent's Guide to Changing Relationships by Barbara and Phillip Newman, 1992.

Bringing Home the Laundry: Effective Parenting for College and Beyond by Janis Brody, 2000.

How to Help Your Child Land the Right Job (Without Being a Pain in the Neck) by Nella Barkley, 1993.

When Your Kids Go to College by Lucantonio Salvi et al., 1994.

When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parent's Survival Guide by Carol Barkin, 1997.

College 101: A First Year Reader by John Lawry, 1992.

Millennials Rising by Neil Howe and William Strauss, 2000.

"You're on Your Own (But I'm Here if You Need Me)" by Marjorie Savage published by Simon and Schuster 2003.