Suggested Reading for Parents

You may find some of the following books and websites useful as you think about your own transition as a parent of a Wellesley College student.

Letting Go: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years
By Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger
(Harper, 2009)

Don’t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years
By Helen E. Johnson & Christine Schelhas-Miller
(St. Martin’s Press, 2000)

The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life
by Laura Kastner and Jennifer Wyatt
(Three Rivers Press, 2002)

She’s Leaving Home: Letting Go as Daughter Goes to College
By Connie Jones
(Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2002)

You’re On Your Own (But I’m Here if You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years
By Marjorie Savage
(Fireside, 2003)

Online resources:

• College Parents of America
• The Healthy Student: Preparing for the College Years
• Helping your First-Year College Student Succeed: A Guide for Parents
• Transition to College: Separation and Change for Parents and Students