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Suggested Reading for Parents and Families

Empowering Parents of First-Year College Students: A Guide for Success
Richard Mullendore & Leslie Banahan
2007

A Family Guide to Academic Advising
Donald C. Smith & Virginia N. Gordon
2008

The Parent's Crash Course in Career Planning: Helping Your College Student Succeed
Sharon Jones & Marcia Harris
2007

Career Coaching Your Kids: Guiding Your Child Through the Process of Career Discovery
David Montross
Consulting Psychologist Press 2004

When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parent's Survival Guide
Carol Barkin
Avon Books 1999

Don't Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years
Helen E. Johnson
Griffin Trade Paperback 2000

Parents' Guide to College Life: 181 Straight Answers on Everything You Can Expect Over the Next Four Years
Robin Raskin
Princeton Review 2006

Letting Go: A Parent's Guide to Understanding the College Years
Karen Levin Coburn
Harper Perennial 2003

You're On Your Own (But I'm Here if You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years
Marjorie Savage
Fireside 2003

The Launching Years : Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life
Jennifer Wyatt & Laura Kastner
Three Rivers Press 2002

25 Ways to Make College Pay Off: Advice for Anxious Parents from a Professor Who's Seen It All
Bill Coplin
Amacom 2007

 

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