Reading List
As parents and family members of new and continuing students, it is important to recognize that the transitions a family goes through as a student attends college affect the entire family. Check out the following books for helpful information on how to ensure a successful transition for the whole family.
- You're On Your Own (But I'm Here If You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years by Marjorie Savage**
**this book will be available for purchase at the FIU Bookstore during Parent Orientation
- I'll Miss You Too: The Off-to-College Guide for Parents and Students by Margo E. Bane Woodacre, MSW & Steffany Bane
- The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College by Harlan Cohen
- When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parents Survival Guide by Carol Barkin
- The Gap-Year Advantage: Helping Your Child Benefit from Time Off Before or During College by Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson
- Don’t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money by Helen E. Johnson and Christine Schelhas-Miller
- The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life by Laura Kastner and Jennifer Wyatt
- Almost Grown: Launching Your Child from High School to College by Patricia Pasick, M.Ed., Ph.D.
- Bringing Home the Laundry: Effective Parenting for College and Beyond by Janis Brody
- Millennials Rising by Neil Howe and William Strauss
- Empty Nest…Full Heart: The Journey from Home to College by Andrea Van Steenhouse
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