Books for and about College Parents
We've compiled a list of books we think you might like to recommend to parents. If you have books to add to this list, please share them with us so we can post them.
We've compiled a list of books we think you might like to recommend to parents. If you have books to add to this list, please share them with us so we can post them. You can email parents@seattleu.edu. Books are organized alphabetically by title.
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Books
By Judy McNary
A true gem in the world of personal finance books, Coin covers the basics with humor and wit so that you can get on with living. Written specifically to meet the needs of newly minted college graduates, Coin makes a perfect gift for anyone just starting out. Who knew personal finance could be so fun?
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.
By Brad Sachs
In today’s rapidly changing world and challenging economy, young adults increasingly find themselves at a crossroads between financial and emotional dependence and autonomy. Drawing on Dr. Sachs' extensive clinical experience and his illuminating discussion of the latest psychological research, Emptying the Nest will support parents in their efforts to cultivate their young adult’s success and self-reliance while simultaneously maintaining healthy family relationships.
By Andrea VanSteenhouse, Ph.D.
The author chronicles the journey from 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, and emotionally resonant.
By Kathleen A. Bogle
Hooking Up is an intimate look at how and why college students get together, what hooking up means to them, and why it has replaced dating on college campuses. In surprisingly frank interviews, students reveal the circumstances that have led to the rise of the booty call and the death of dinner-and-a-movie. Whether it is an expression of postfeminist independence or a form of youthful rebellion, hooking up has become the only game in town on many campuses.
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 20 or 30 years ago. It features a completely new resource guide.
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 10 sections about the major events and feelings parents and students likely will experience during the first year of college and offers suggestions for resolving these issues.
By Robin Raskin
Get straight answers to tough questions. The market is saturated with college admissions guides, but this is the only one that gives parents honest answers to the real questions they have when they send their children to college. Written by media consultant and parenting expert Robin Raskin, this candid guide answers questions like: How much money should my son/daughter be spending a week? Is it wise to give my child a checkbook? A credit card? Should she/he take a semester abroad? What are the downsides? The benefits?
By Students Helping Students
Finding a way to pay for college and live on a budget is not always easy, but it definitely beats paying off huge loans for the next 30 years. And these students are living proof that it can be done.
By Barbara K. Hofer and Abigail Sullivan Moore
"Just let go!" That’s what parents have been told to do when their kids go to college. But in our speed-dial culture, with BlackBerries and even Skype, parents and kids are now more than ever in constant contact. Today’s iConnected parents say they are closer to their kids than their parents were to them—and this generation of families prefers it that way. Are parents really letting go—and does that matter?
By UniversityParent
The UniversityParent Guide to Supporting Your Student's Freshman Year is packed with practical advice and insightful reflections. Chapters unfold organically, season by season, taking you from summer as you pack and plan, through the challenges and transitions of autumn, and on into spring. Our expert contributors answer your questions - even the ones you didn't know you had.
By Monica Renahan
After you unload the car and wave goodbye to your college student at the dorm door, then what?
Do they immediately become adults, ready to handle anything that comes their way? Are your parenting days over? Probably not, mom! The things you taught them may not cover everything they need to know. So, what can you do? Start praying... and keep praying!
By Marjorie Savage
A reality check on the process of students leaving home; with practical tips for supporting your student in the process. Ms. Savage is the leading national expert in Parents on Campus programs in higher education.