Letting Go: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years

Author:   Karen Levin Coburn ,  Madge Lawrence Treeger
Publisher:   Harper Perennial
Edition:   5th ed.
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9780061665738


Pages:   448
Publication Date:   17 March 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Letting Go: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years


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Author:   Karen Levin Coburn ,  Madge Lawrence Treeger
Publisher:   Harper Perennial
Imprint:   Harper Perennial
Edition:   5th ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.60cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 20.40cm
Weight:   0.336kg
ISBN:  

9780061665738


ISBN 10:   0061665738
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   17 March 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Letting Go should be a required text for any college parent. It reflects today s college student s reality and helps prepare parents for the exciting journey that awaits both them and their sons and daughters. --Marc Wais, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, New York University


As a high school principal, I find Letting Go to be an invaluable resource. Written in a humorous and accessible style, it answers the questions What happens next and how can you deal with it? --Louise Losos, Principal, Clayton High School, Clayton, Missouri


Filled with practical and up-to-date information, Letting Go is must-reading for parents embarking on this next stage of life with their soon-to-be college students. Undoubtedly, the best guide available today. --Dr. Patricia A. Whitely, Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Miami A seminal source of information for families and their college-bound children. --Larry Moneta, Vice President for Student Affairs, Duke University A sensitive, informative and well-written guide to help parents know what their children are getting into when they leave for college. Full of practical advice and psychological insight, it's a better antidote than Valium for the anxieties parents feel as they prepare to let their children go. --Ben Lieber, Dean of Students, Amherst College As a high school principal, I find Letting Go to be an invaluable resource. Written in a humorous and accessible style, it answers the questions 'What happens next and how can you deal with it?' --Louise Losos, Principal, Clayton High School, Clayton, Missouri A sensitive, informative and well-written guide to help parents know what their children are getting into when they leave for college. Full of practical advice and psychological insight, it s a better antidote than Valium for the anxieties parents feel as they prepare to let their children go. --Ben Lieber, Dean of Students, Amherst College A seminal source of information for families and their college-bound children. --Larry Moneta, Vice President for Student Affairs, Duke University Filled with practical and up-to-date information, Letting Go is must-reading for parents embarking on this next stage of life with their soon-to-be college students. Undoubtedly, the best guide available today. --Dr. Patricia A. Whitely, Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Miami As a high school principal, I find Letting Go to be an invaluable resource. Written in a humorous and accessible style, it answers the questions What happens next and how can you deal with it? --Louise Losos, Principal, Clayton High School, Clayton, Missouri Letting Go should be a required text for any college parent. It reflects today s college student s reality and helps prepare parents for the exciting journey that awaits both them and their sons and daughters. --Marc Wais, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, New York University -A seminal source of information for families and their college-bound children.---Larry Moneta, Vice President for Student Affairs, Duke University -Filled with practical and up-to-date information, Letting Go is must-reading for parents embarking on this next stage of life with their soon-to-be college students. Undoubtedly, the best guide available today.---Dr. Patricia A. Whitely, Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Miami -A sensitive, informative and well-written guide to help parents know what their children are getting into when they leave for college. Full of practical advice and psychological insight, it's a better antidote than Valium for the anxieties parents feel as they prepare to let their children go.---Ben Lieber, Dean of Students, Amherst College -As a high school principal, I find Letting Go to be an invaluable resource. Written in a humorous and accessible style, it answers the questions 'What happens next and how can you deal with it?'---Louise Losos, Principal, Clayton High School, Clayton, Missouri -Letting Go should be a required text for any college parent. It reflects today's college student's reality and helps prepare parents for the exciting journey that awaits both them and their sons and daughters.---Marc Wais, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, New York University Letting Go should be a required text for any college parent. It reflects today's college student's reality and helps prepare parents for the exciting journey that awaits both them and their sons and daughters. --Marc Wais, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, New York University


<i>Letting Go</i> should be a required text for any college parent. It reflects today's college student's reality and helps prepare parents for the exciting journey that awaits both them and their sons and daughters. --Marc Wais, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, New York University


Author Information

Karen Levin Coburn is the Senior Consultant in Residence and former Assistant Vice Chancellor for Students at Washington University in St. Louis. Madge Lawrence Treeger is a psychotherapist and a longtime member of the Washington University Counseling Service.

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