PARENT RESOURCES
Updated 1/8/07
Empty Nest Resources How do parents deal with the
process of a child leaving home for college? Here are a few resources which may
help. Although I have not checked these out personally, they have been
recommended by Richard Grisel, Director of College Counseling, The College
Preparatory School in
The
Launching Years,
Kastner & Wyatt
Almost
Grown: Launching Your Child From High School to College, Patricia Pasick
You
Are On Your Own, But I’m Here If You Need Me, unknown author
Letting
Go – A Parents’ Guide To Understanding The College Years, Coburn & Treeger; www.lettinggobook.com
Doors
Open From Both Sides
and I’ll Miss You Too, Margo Ban Woodacre
I’ll
Miss You Too: What Will Change, What Will Not, and How We’ll Stay Connected, Sourcebooks
2006), www.frombothsides.com Book is unique
because it is written from both perspectives – the parent’s and the student’s.
On
Losing A Son (to College), Bill Bryson’s book I’m a Stranger Here Myself, 1999.
Collegiate Parents – www.collegiateparents.com
College Parents of
Knowledge for College – www.ParentAnswerService.com – features a free e-newsletter to help parents navigate the college
selection, application and financing process; detailed information from saving
for college and finding scholarships to financing strategies; easy to
understand loan information.
Check out all the other sites for
college and career resources online.