PARENTS' PAGES

"The Reading Room"
-Brenda Davis-Smith

Whether your child is preparing for college or has already begun to attend college, there should be something of interest for you in the list below.   Along with the book titles and authors, there is a brief synopsis (taken directly from Amazon.com) of each book.  For details and/or to purchase anything in the list, click the Amazon.com link at the end of the page:

1. You're On Your Own (But I'm Here if You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years by Marjorie Savage

Parents whose kids are away at college have a tough tightrope to walk: they naturally want to stay connected to their children, yet they also need to let go. What's more, kids often send mixed messages, it's hard to know when it's appropriate to get involved in your child's life and when it's better to back off. With anecdotes and suggestions from experienced parents and college staff nationwide, the strategies and tips provided throughout will help you to create a loving, supportive partnership responsive to the needs of both you and your children.

2. Letting Go: A Parent's Guide to Understanding the College Years, Fourth Edition by Karen Levin Coburn

This best-selling guide, read by hundreds of thousands of parents over the past decade, is now better than ever, newly revised and completely updated. Based on real-life experience and recommended by colleges and universities around the country, Letting Go offers compassionate, practical, and up-to-the minute information to help parents with the emotional and social changes of the college years.

3. Straight Talk on Paying for College: Lowering the Cost of Higher Education by Trent Anderson

This easy-to-read guide provides exclusive insider tips from financial aid experts and real-life stories of families paying for college, plus tuition and aid data on 328 popular colleges.  Packed with vital information, money-saving tips, and good humor, Straight Talk will help you maximize your aid and stretch your college dollar...

4. 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

Parenting doesn't end with high school. This guide picks up where other parenting books leave off-at the very point when children face unprecedented and often confusing freedom, and some of the most important decisions of their lives...