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Recommended Parent Resources

A Guide for Families of Commuter Students: Supporting Your Student's Success 2nd edition by Cathie Hatch, Tracy L. Skipper, Jennifer Porter, and Caitlin Herby (2017)

College Rules! How to Study, Survive and Succeed in College 3rd edition by Sherrie L. Nist-Olejnik and Jodi Patrick Holschuh (2011)

Coin: The Irreverent Yet Practical Guide to Money Management for Recent College Graduates by Judy McNary (2013)

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 (2011)

Emptying the Nest: Launching Your Young Adult Toward Success and Self-Reliance by Brad Sachs (2010)

Getting Wasted: Why College Students Drink Too Much and Party Too Hard by Thomas Vander Ven (2011)

Graduate to a Great Job: Make Your College Degree Pay Off in Today's Market by David DeLong (2013)

Healing the Empty Nester's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Parents After the Kids Move Out, Go Off to College, or Start Taking Flight (Healing Your Grieving Hear series) by Alan D. Wolfelt (2017)

I'll Miss You Too: The Off-to-College Guide for Parents and Students: 2nd Edition by Margo Ewing Woodacre and Steffany Bane Carey (2015)

Letting Go: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years 6th edition by Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger (2016)

The Campus Cure: A Parent's Guide to Mental Health and Wellness for College Campuses by Marcia Morris (2018)

The Naked Roommate: For Parents Only: A Parent's Guide to the New College Experience: Calling, Not Calling, Packing, Preparing, Problems, Roommates,...Matters when Your Child Goes to College 2nd edition by Harlan Cohen (2012)

The Parent's Guide to College for Students on the Autism Spectrum by Jane Thierfeld Brown, Lorraine Wolf, Lisa King, and G. Ruth Bork (2012)

The UniversityParent Guide to Supporting Your Student's Freshman Year by Sarah Schupp (2014)

There is Life After College: What Parents and Students Should Know About Navigating School to Prepare for the Jobs of Tomorrow by Jeffrey J. Selingo (2016)

You’re on Your Own (But I’m Here if You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years by Marjorie Savage (2009)

Your Freshman is Off to College: A Month-by-Month Guide to the First Year by Laurie L. Hazard and Stephanie Carter (2016)