Where am I?
Suggested Reading for Families
Letting
Go
: Karen Levin Coburn & Madge Lawrence
This
book provides guidance for the transition from high school to college.
When
Your Kid Goes to College: Carol Barkin
This
book provides support, reassurance and helpful tips for handling this
inevitable but difficult separation.
Parental
Concerns in College Student Mental Health:
Leighton C. Whitaker
This book serves as a guide for parents about how your
parent/child relationship will change while your child is at college. It also explains why the change occurs and
provides suggestions on how to cope with this potentially difficult time.
When
Hope & Fear Collide
: Arthur Levine
& Jeanette Cureton
This book describes the positive change in the
attitudes of college students from the 1980’s and 1990’s; today’s students are
more optimistic about life and the differences they can make in the world.
You’re
On Your Own (but I’m here if you need me)
:
Majorie Savage
This book is written by the Director of the Parent Program
at the University of Michigan. It
addresses the months before your student will leave for college and the social
and academic adjustments that your student will face. One feature of this book that is useful is
the college calendar in the back; it highlights some of the issues that your
student might face in each year of his/her college career.
When Kids go to College
:
Barbara & Phillip Newman
This book allows for students and parents to
think about college as not only educational but also as a time for social and
emotional discovery.
Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money
by:
Helen Johnson & Christine Schelhas-Miller
This book contains useful
tips on how to prepare you and your child on what to expect when they are
getting ready to go off to college, what you can do to help your student adjust
to the ‘norms’ of the first-year experience, what you can do to adjust when you
have just gotten used to the "empty nest" and your student comes home, and what
you can expect from your student’s university or college.