Resources
Have you used any of these resources? Are there others you would recommend? Send a review to outreach@pdx.edu. We might use your recommendations for other parents. Happy reading!
Articles
Do 'Helicopter Moms' Do More Harm Than Good?
Helping Your Kids' Careers Take Flight
Books
Don’t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years; Helen E. Johnson, Christine Schelhas-Miller; 2003.
Empty Nest…Full Heart: The Journey from Home to College; Andrea Van Steenhouse; 2002.
The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior to College Life; Laura Kastner, Jennifer Fugett Wyatt; 2002.
Let the Journey Begin: A Parents’ Monthly Guide to the College Experience; Jacqueline Mackay, Wanda Ingram; 2001.
Letting Go: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years, Fourth Edition; Karen Levin Coburn, Madge Lawrence Treeger; 2003.
When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parent’s Survival Guide; Carol Barkin; 2000.
You’re On Your Own (But I’m Here if You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years; Marjorie Savage; 2003.
The Parent’s Crash Course in Career Planning; Marcia B. Harris, Sharon L. Jones; 2007.
What Color Is Your parachute for Teens: Discovering Yourself, Defining Your Future; Richard Nelson Bolles, Carol Christen, Jean M. Blomquist; 2006.
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