Resources for Parents
Articles and Tips on 'Letting Go'
- Letting Go as Children Head Off to College for the First Time
www.newswise.com/articles/view/522032/ - The Journey to Letting Go: No One Said It Would Be Easy
muweb.millersville.edu/~counsel/journey.php - How To Love Your Kidults By Letting Go
ezinearticles.com/?How-To-Love-Your-Kidults-By-Letting-Go&id=332214 - Letting Go and Staying Connected A Guide for Parents*
www.uwosh.edu/dean/parentandfamily/aguideforparents.html - Parenting tips: how to prepare teens for college
www.essortment.com/family/parentingadvice_sfeu.htm - Letting Go: Suggestions for Parents
www.ohio.edu/counseling/Parents_Letting_Go.cfm - Heading Off to College: The Big High-Wire Act
www.uiowa.edu/~ptimes/issues01-02/fall01-02/highwire.html - Tips for Parents: Countdown to College
www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/News/StepsNewsletter/College+Tips+for+Parents.htm - Advice for College Parents
www.emory.edu/ADMISSIONS/parents/parent-advice.htm - An empty nest can promote freedom, improved relationships
www.apa.org/monitor/apr03/pluses.html - Parents Say Goodbye: The Last Summer Before College
school.familyeducation.com/family/relationships/29715.html - The College Years
school.familyeducation.com/parenting/college-prep/34553.html - Parent Survival Guide
www.su.edu/studaffs/as9.asp - Letting Go
mentalhealth.about.com/cs/selfhelp/a/lettinggo.htm?terms=parents+letting+go+of+college+students - Some parents add themselves to college packing list
20below.mainetoday.com/press/pph/050904college.shtml - Tips for dealing with separation after my child goes to college
www.sourcebookscollege.com/content/view/28/33/ - Mommy, tell my professor he's not nice!
www.sptimes.com/2006/06/19/State/Mommy__tell_my_profes.shtml - Tips for Parents of College Students
gsep.pepperdine.edu/family/youngadults/tips_for_parents.htm
Books to guide parents through letting go of their child for college
Surviving College: Guides for Parents http://www.umkc.edu/parents/
The following books, which can be found in most libraries and book stores, can be helpful resources for parents with children in college:
- Don't Tell Me What To Do, Just Send Money
by Helen E. Johnson and Christine Schelhas-Miller
When children leave for college, many parents feel uncertain about their shifting roles. By emphasizing the importance of being a mentor to your college student, Don't Tell Me What To Do, Just Send Money shows parents how to influence their college student while still supporting their independence. The authors offer valuable insight into the minds of college students and provide parents with simple suggestions for improving communication with their children. Filled with humorous anecdotes and realistic dialogs between parents and students, this comprehensive guide covers a wide range of issues including financial matters, academic concerns, social adjustment, and postgraduate choices.
- Empty Nest...Full Heart: the Journey from Home to College
by Andrea VanSteenhouse, Ph.D.
The author chronicles the tumultuous journey from the senior year of high school, through the challenging summer, to the first year of college for students. Featuring an emphasis on the freshman experience, Empty Nest...Full Heart offers a lighthearted yet savvy look at this turbulent time. The book's generous and compassionate scope makes it lively, humorous, an emotionally resonant.
- Helping Your First Year College Student Succeed
by Richard H. Mullendore and Cathie Hatch of the National Orientation Director's Association
This informational pamphlet focuses on "letting go" as a long-term process that should never be completed. The authors encourage parents to renegotiate their relationship with their student as an adult. This concise guide features ten sections about the major events and feelings parents and students will likely experience during the first year of college and offers suggestions for resolving these issues.
- Let the Journey Begin: A Parent's Monthly Guide to the College Experience
by Jacqueline Kiernan MacKay
As you and your first-year college student begin the school year, many questions may arise. Parent Orientation will be one opportunity to get answers to your questions. Knowing what to ask will help you maximize the benefits of your orientation. Use the strategies in Let the Journey Begin to tackle problems and find solutions. Start with these questions and review more FAQ's in Chapter 2. Remember, there is always something new to learn!
- Letting Go: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years
by Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger
Letting Go leads parents through the period of transition that their student experiences between the junior year of high school and college graduation. The authors explain how to distinguish normal development stages from problems that may require parental or professional intervention. The new edition explains the differences between college life today and the college life parents experienced twenty or thirty years ago. It features a completely new resource guide that introduces parents to campus technology, useful websites, and other organizations providing information on a wide range of topics.
- When Kids Go to College: A Parents Guide to Changing Relationships
by Barbara M. Newman and Philip Newman
This practical guide will answer that important question and tell you how to make the most of these exciting years. Topics covered in this book are: identity formation, values development, career exploration, social relationships, sexuality, alcohol and drug abuse, romantic relationships, dorm life, personal freedom, depression, discrimination, and college bureaucracy.
*Book titles and descriptions provided by Maureen Rondy, Central Michigan University.
When children come home after being in college
- Do These Pieces Still Fit Together?
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/15/AR2006121501882.html - 10 tips for parents of college students: How to keep the holidays happy
www.news.ku.edu/2003/03N/DecNews/Dec9/tentips.html