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Letting Go: A Parent's Guide to Today's College Experience
Letting Go A Parent's Guide to Today's College Experience Author:Karen Levin Coburn, Madge Lawrence Treeger Taken from the Introduction: — Part I of this book, "The College Experience", begins with the information about late adolescent development, so that our children's behavior can be viewed in the broader context of normal growth. We will explain how all college students struggle with developing a sense of their own identity, with beco... more »ming independent, and with establishing intimacy.
Part II, "A Parents' Guide From Start To Finish", provides a chronological guide to the college experience from senior year in high school through graduation. We'll look at the way the separation process evolves, and the predictable rhythm it takes throughout the first academic year and the years that follow. Above all, we will listen to what colleges students and their parents have to say as they move through this exciting, sometimes turbulent phase of life. They will tell us what has worked for them and what hasn't.
Understanding what we and our children are going through reduces our fear and validates our reality. It opens our eyes so that we can see what their world is like; it allows us to listen more clearly and communicate more effectively. It frees us to help our children becomes themselves.« less