Parent and family resources

• How to Survive Your Freshman Year: By Hundreds of College Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors Who Did. Hundreds of Heads Books, Mark W. Bernstein, Yadin Kaufmann, and Frances Northcutt. 2008.
• Parents’ Guide to College Life: 181 Straight Answers on Everything You Can Expect Over the Next Four Years. Robin Raskin. 2006.
• The iConnected Parent: Staying Close to Your Kids in College (and Beyond) While Letting Them Grow Up. Barbara K. Hofer and Abigail Sullivan Moore. 2011.
• Don’t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years. Helen E. Johnson and Christine Schelhas-Miller. 2011.
• You’re On Your Own (But I’m Here If You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years. Marjorie Savage. 2009.
• The Stressed Years of Their Lives: Helping Your Kid Survive and Thrive During Their College Years. Dr. B. Janet Hibbs and Dr. Anthony Rostain. 2019.
• Grown and Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults. Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. 2019.
• The Campus Cure: A Parent’s Guide to Mental Health and Wellness for College Students. Marcia Morris, MD. 2018.
• Parenting for College. Dr. Sonya Shuler Okoli. 2019.
• Parenting to a Degree: How Family Matters for College Women’s Success. Laura T. Hamilton. 2016.
• The Disintegrating Student: Super Smart & Falling Apart. Jeannine Jannot Ph.D. 2019.
• From Mom to Me Again: How I Survived My First Empty-Nest Year and Reinvented the Rest of My Life. Melissa Shultz. 2016.
• The Freshman Survival Guide: Soulful Advice for Studying, Socializing, and Everything In Between. Nora Bradbury-Haehl and Bill McGarvey. 2016.
• The ABCs of Parenting a College Student: 26 Topics to Help You Navigate This Journey. Jane A Tuttle Ed.D. 2017.
• Your Freshman Is Off To College: A Month-by-Month Guide to the First Year. Laurie L. Hazard, Ed.D. and Stephanie K. Carter, M.A. 2016.
• They’re Ready. Are You?: A Parent’s Guide to Surviving the College Transition. Liz Yokubison. 2019.

• The College Life Podcast
• College Parent Central: The Podcast    iTunes, Stitcher,  Spotify
• Inside the Admissions Office: Advice from Former Admissions Officers
• Your College-Bound Kid

• University Parent
• College Parents
• 5 Must-Read Blogs for Parents of College Kids
• College Parent Central
• Set To Go
• Parent Tool Kit: Life After High School
• Parent Tool Kit: Taking Advantage of Parent and Family Programs
• A Parent’s Guide to Mental Health For College Students
• 40+ College Resources for Parents and Students

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