Helpful Reading
By Patricia Pasick
Offering intelligent counsel in this time of tumult, as a child makes the transition from high school to college, "Almost Grown" tackles the key questions parents have about this time, explores the impact on the family stability, an examines the challenges and opportunities which nontraditional families are.
Don't Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years
By Helen E. Johnson and Christine Schelhas-Miller
This book takes a "case study" approach to issues facing families and college students. It provides suggestions how to frame responses and questions to your student most effectively and gives insights into how your student might by thinking about their experiences in college. The chapters on how to help students adjust to changes in the family while in college and how to utilize resources may be especially pertinent at this time of the semester.
Empty Nest Full Heart: The Journey from Home to College
By Andrea Van Steenhouse
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.
Getting Ready for College
By Polly Berent
This is the book to leave on your student's bed the day after high school graduation. Written specifically to students, this informative, easy-to-read book highlights practical tips and sound methods for smoothing the transition from high school to college. Although tailored for students this book proves to be valuable for parents and family members as well, covering topics such as clothes and laundry, managing money, how to adjust to college social life, and tips on computers, and phoning long distance.
Helping Your First-Year College Student Succeed: A Guide for Parents
By Richard H. Mullendore and Cathie Hatch
Parents may be the most powerful, untapped resources fro helping new students make the transition to college. This guide offers practical advice on how parents can help their students make a successful transition to college. This resource provides five helpful tips on how parents can provide support for new students, the difference between high school and college, as well as, a timeline of student transitions.
I'll Miss You Too: An Off-to-School Guide for Parents and Students
By Margo E. Woodacre and Steffany Bane
There are many stages and adjustments that students experience during the transition to college. In this book, a mother and daughter share their story, documenting their reflections on the rite of passage from high school to college. The authors incorporate reflections from other parents and students to offer alternative perspectives about the college experience. Their personal reflections range from the college acceptance period to offering advice about freshman to senior year experiences, study abroad, and ultimately graduation. This would be a wonderful book to read to as the stages of a son or daughter's college experience unfold.