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Families will each face the time when students recognize the reality that they will soon be departing for college— freedom, responsibility, independence—and family members must let go. How does everyone cope with what is often such a difficult and rocky transition?

We recommend the following resources. Book #1 features our very own Cornell author and former lecturer for the College of Human Ecology, Dr. Christine Schelhas-Miller.


Don't Tell Me What to Do,
Just Send Money: The essential parenting guide to
the college years

Helen E. Johnson & Christine Schelhas-Miller, April 2000


You're On Your Own (But I'm
Here if You Need Me):
Mentoring your child
during the college years

Marjorie Savage, July 2003.


Letting Go: A parents' guide
to understanding the
college years

Karen Levin Coburn & Madge Lawrence Treeger, July 1997

Beating the College Blues: A student's guide to coping with fitting in, roommates, studies, anxiety, depression & stress, alcohol & other drugs, sex,
eating disorders, relationships
and family pressure

Paul A. Grayson, Ph.D. and Philip W. Meilman, Ph.D., 1999.

The Real Freshman Handbook:
A totally honest guide
to life on campus

Jennifer Hanson, April 2002
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Chicken Soup for the College Soul: Inspiring and humorous stories
about college

Jack L. Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger, & Dan Clark, July 1999.

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