Compiled from NODA list serv suggestions: May 2007
133 Ways to Avoid Going Cuckoo When the Kids Fly the Nest: A Parent’s Guide for Surviving the Empty Nest Syndrome By: Lauren Schaffer and Sandy Fleischl Wasserman
2,002 Ways To Cheer Yourself Up Cyndi Haynes (1998)
Almost Grown: Launching Your Child from High School to College By: Patricia Pasick
Bringing Home the Laundry: Effective Parenting for College and Beyond by Janis Brody
Campus Daze, Easing the Transition from High School to College George Gibbs (2000
Caring for the Mind: The Comprehensive Guide to Mental Health By: Dianne Hales and Robert E. Hales
College of the Overwhelmed
The Debt-Free Graduate: How to
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.
Doors Open from Both Sides Margo Woodacre, Steffany Bane (2001)
An Educated Choice: Advice for Parents of College Bound Students Frank A. Brock (2002
The Empty Nest: When Children Leave Home By: Shelley Bovey 1995
Empty Nest, Full Heart: The Journey from Home to College By: Andrea Van Steenhouse 2002
Empty-Nest Parenting: Adjusting Your Stewardship as Your Children Leave Home By: Richard M. Eyre 2002
A family guide to academic advising. Smith, Donald C. &
Getting Ready for College: Everything You Need to Know before You Go from Bike Locks to Laundry Baskets, Financial Aid to Health Care Polly Berent, Foreword by Robert Franek
A Guide for Families of Commuter Students Cathie Hatch, Tracy Skipper
Guide to the College Years, by Helen E. Johnson and Christine Schelhas-Miller
Helping Your College Student Succeed: The Parent's Crash Course in Career Planning. Harris, Marcia B., & Jones, Sharon L. (1996).Lincolnwood, Il.: VGM Career Horizons.
Helping your first-year college student succeed: A guide for parents.
How to Get the Most Out of College By: Nancy Schlossberg and Arthur Chickering
How to Help Your Teenager Find the Right Career Charles Shield (1995)
How to Survive and Thrive on an Empty Nest: Reclaiming Your Life When Your Children Have Grown by Robert Lauer (1999).
I’ll Miss You Too: A Parent and Student Guide to Opening Doors and Staying Connected during the College Years, by Margo E. Bane Woodacre, and Steffany Bane. Sourcebooks Inc., 2005.
In addition to tuition: The parent's survival guide to freshman year of college. Borden, Marian Edelman, Burlinson, Mary Anne, & Kearns, Elsie R. (1995).New
The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior to College Life By: Laura Kastner and Jennifer Fugett Wyatt
Lesson: Fable For Our Times Carol Lynn Pearson & Kathleen Peterson (2000)
Let the Journey Begin: A Parent’s Monthly Guide to the College Experience By: Jacqueline MacKay and Wanda Ingram
Letting Go: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding the College Years By: Karen Levin Cobum and Madge Lawrence Treger
Life during college: Valuable advice & tips for success.
Millennials Go to College: Strategies for a New Generation on Campus by William Strauss
Millenials Rising Neil Howe, William Strauss, R.J. Matson (2000)
A new beginning: A survival guide for parents of college freshmen. (1998) McGarry, Kaye
A New Chapter: How Parents Fit Into Their Students’ Lives at College. 8-page pamphlet published by PaperClip Communications
Once My Child, Now My Friend Elinor Lenz (1985) ISBN: 0446328804
Organizing a Ground Crew for Today’s Helicopter Parents. Coburn, Karen Levin (2006). About Campus, July-August.
Parents’ Guide to College Life: 181 Straight Answers on Everything You can Expect Over the Next Four Years, by Robins Raskin.
A Parent's Guide to Sex, Drugs, and Flunking Out : Answers to the Questions Your College Student Doesn't Want You to Ask by Joel Epstein
The Parent Project: What parents want from the college experience. Turrentine, Cathryn; Shnure, Stacey L.; Ostroth, D. David; & Ward-Roof, Jeannine A.(2000). NASPA Journal, 38, 1, 31-43.
Rising Millennials Face Worldview Conflict by Shirley A. Carson
She’s Leaving Home: Letting Go As Daughter Goes to College By: Connie Jones
Staying Connected Arnett, Jeffrey (2000). Emerging Adulthood: A theory of development from late teens through the twenties. American Psychologist, 55, 469-480.Students and their parents: where do campuses fit in? Forbes, Karen J. (2001). About Campus, September-October, 11-17.
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom (2002)
The Truth About College: 50 Lessons for Parents Before They Start Writing Checks Will Keim, Will S. Keim (1997)
The
When Hope and Fear Collide: A Portrait of Today's College Student Arthur Levine (1998)
When Kids Go Home: A Parent’s Guide to Changing Relationships By: Barbara M. Newman and Philip R. Newman
When kids go to college: A parent's guide to changing relationships. Newman, Barbara M., & Newman, Philip R. (1992).
When Your Kid Goes to College; A Parents Survival Guide By: Carol Barkin
When Your Kids Go To College Lucantoni N. Salvi, Michael J. Hunt (1994)
Why parents of undergraduates matter to higher education. Ross, Scott B. & Daniel, Bonnie V. (2001). New Directions for Student Services, 94, 1-89.
Words to Live By: A Journal of Wisdom for Someone You Love Emily Marshall, Kate Marshall (2005)
You're on Your Own (But I'm Here if You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years, by Marjorie Savage 2003
Websites of Interest to Parents & Families
College Survival Guides. (2004). (CD-ROM)
Smart-Start- A survival guide for first year college students (And their parents too).
Making It Count:
A Guide for Families of Commuter Students, by Cathie Hatch and Tracy Skipper (available at www.sc.edu/fye/publications/index.html)
The Healthy Student: Preparing for the College Years www.adolescenthealth.org/The_Healthy_Student.pdf
Transition to College: Separation and Change for Parents and Students
www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/articles/transitions.html
The Healthy Student: Preparing for the College Years
www.adolescenthealth.org/The_Healthy_Student.pdf
College Parents of
www.collegeparents.org
The College Board
http://www.collegeboard.com/parents/plan/getting.ready/50129.html
Alcohol and Other Drugs: The Parent Connection
http://higheredctr.org/parents
Helping Your
www.nodaweb.org/Publications/parenthandbook.htm
Easing the Transition to College
http://ur.rutgers.edu/medrel/viewArticle.html?ArticleID=3321
10 tips for parents of college students: How to keep the holidays happy
http://www.ur.ku.edu/News/03N/DecNews/Dec9/tentips.html
How to enjoy the summer and avoid a clash with your college kids
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3079389/
Online
The College Transition: Managing Stress and Maintaining Health
www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00965
Transition to College: Separation and Change for Parents and Students
www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/articles/transitions.html
The Healthy Student: Preparing for the College Years
www.adolescenthealth.org/The_Healthy_Student.pdf
College Parents of America
www.collegeparents.org
Helping Your First-Year College Student Succeed: A Guide for Parents
www.nodaweb.org/Publications/parenthandbook.htm
Easing the Transition to College
http://ur.rutgers.edu/medrel/viewArticle.html?ArticleID=3321
10 tips for parents of college students: How to keep the holidays happy
http://www.ur.ku.edu/News/03N/DecNews/Dec9/tentips.html
How to enjoy the summer and avoid a clash with your college kids
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3079389/
Transition to College: Separation and Change for Parents and Students http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/transition.html
http://www.colostate.edu :
http://parentsandfamily.colostate.edu : Colorado State University Parent & Family Website
http://www.edc.org/hec/parents/: Higher
http://www.collegeparents.org: a membership organization for parents of college students
http://www.reslife.net: a comprehensive site for parents and students
http://www.securityoncampus.org: information regarding campus safety issues nationwide
The US Department of Education's site (www.ed.gov) provides a variety of information on education including information on financial aid and career planning.
www.collegeboard.com/parents/
www.ed.gov/pubs/Prepare/index.html
studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/index.jsp
www.nextstudent.com/parents/preparing_for_college.asp
