Parents & Family
Suggested Readings and Resources
In Print
- Barkin, Carol. When Your Kids Go to College: A Parent’s Survival Guide. New York: Avon Books, 1999.
- Coburn, Karen Levin and Madge Lawrence Treeger. Letting Go: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding the College Years. New York: Harper Perennial, 2003.
- Johnson, Helen E. and Christina Schelhas-Miller. Don’t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000.
- Kasner, Laura S. and Jennifer Wyatt. The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life New York: Three Rivers Press, 2002.
- MacKay, Jacqueline Kiernan and Wanda Johnson Ingram. Let the Journey Begin: A Parent’s Monthly Guide to the College Experience. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
- Pasick, Patricia. Almost Grown: Launching Your Child from High School to College. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998.
Online
College Parents of America - collegeparents.org
According to its website, “College Parents of America is the only national membership association dedicated to advocating and to serving on behalf of current and future college parents.” Find information about policy and legislation affecting higher education and obtain member discounts or products and services for college-bound students.
