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Letting Go 4TH Edition Rev Parents Guide To Understand

by Karen L Coburn

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< p> This bestselling 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. < /p> < p> < ul type=disc> < li> When should parents encourage independence?< /li> < /p> < p> < li> When should they intervene?< /li> < /p> < p> < li> What issues of identity and intimacy await students?< /li> < /p> < p> < li> What are normal feelings of disorientation and loneliness for students& #151; and for parents?< /li> < /p> < p> < li> What is different about today& #146; s college environment?< /li> < /p> < p> < li> What new concerns about safety, health and wellness, and stress will affect incoming classes?< /li> < /ul> < /p> < p> These important issues and more are addressed with wise advice and time-tested counsel in < i> Letting Go< /i> — a realistic and reassuring source for meeting the challenges ahead, from the senior year in high school through college graduation. < /p>

Synopsis:

Insightful, expanded, and experience-driven, this bestselling guide to the college years combines the timeless wisdom of past editions with the latest research on campus life.

Synopsis:

This bestselling 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.

  • When should parents encourage independence?
  • When should they intervene?
  • What issues of identity and intimacy await students?
  • What are normal feelings of disorientation and loneliness for students—and for parents?
  • What is different about today’s college environment?
  • What new concerns about safety, health and wellness, and stress will affect incoming classes?

These important issues and more are addressed with wise advice and time-tested counsel in Letting Go-- a realistic and reassuring source for meeting the challenges ahead, from the senior year in high school through college graduation.

About the Author

Karen Levin Coburn is Associate Dean of Students at Washington University and the co-author of The New Assertive Woman (more than one million copies sold) and Hitting Our Stride.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780060521264
Subtitle:
A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years
Author:
Coburn Karen, L.
Author:
by Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger
Author:
Treeger, Madge Lawrence
Author:
Coburn Karen, L.
Author:
Treeger Madge, Lawrence
Author:
Coburn, Karen Levin
Publisher:
Harper Paperbacks
Location:
New York
Subject:
Higher
Subject:
Education
Subject:
Parenting
Subject:
Parent Participation
Subject:
Parent and child
Subject:
Universities and colleges
Subject:
Parent & Adult Child
Subject:
College students
Subject:
Parenting - General
Subject:
Parenting - Parent & Adult Child
Copyright:
Edition Number:
4
Edition Description:
4th ed., 1st Quill ed.
Series Volume:
NASA/TM-2001-211027
Publication Date:
20030401
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
448
Dimensions:
8.14x5.36x1.08 in. .78 lbs.

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"Synopsis" by , Insightful, expanded, and experience-driven, this bestselling guide to the college years combines the timeless wisdom of past editions with the latest research on campus life.

"Synopsis" by , This bestselling 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.

  • When should parents encourage independence?
  • When should they intervene?
  • What issues of identity and intimacy await students?
  • What are normal feelings of disorientation and loneliness for students—and for parents?
  • What is different about today’s college environment?
  • What new concerns about safety, health and wellness, and stress will affect incoming classes?

These important issues and more are addressed with wise advice and time-tested counsel in Letting Go-- a realistic and reassuring source for meeting the challenges ahead, from the senior year in high school through college graduation.

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