When Your Kid Goes to College; A Parent's Survival Guide

Helps you to deal with the loss, a little dated 1999 publish

Good information, many of the examples are outdated, but still relevant if you can get past the technology references. This is a heartwarming and very quick read that helped to settle my jittery nerves for the impending departure of our son. This is an excellent book to read for your first or second on the subject. Other books get very technical and detailed. This is more straight forward with excellent insight.

This is a books I suggested our school guidance department recommend to the parents of the high school seniors. I have already offered to share it with some friends getting ready for the college process this year. I found it on the the list of recommended reading provided by the University of Wyoming, while I found it helpful, I wish I had gotten it the summer before her senior year than the summer she was leaving for college.

I bought the book to bring me solace as my daughter, a transfer student just left home for her 4-year Division I school. I think some of the information is relevant, but it is dated. The book was published in 1999. So much has changed in terms of social media and the landscape of being a college student in 2019. I think I wasted my money. There are other guides which I am going to buy that are more relevant and check full of more information. Perhaps the author can produce a 2nd edition. I did not do my homework when purchasing this book. I will next time.

I found this book very helpful. Some is just common sense, but I also appreciated the college students point of view. It helped me also realize that my son was right with the others, going through the same feelings. He has just finished his first semester, but I know I will be referencing this book again for the other years!

I am a preschool director and gave this book to 5 of my teachers at the end of the year dinner in May. All but 1 were first timers sending a child off to college. They raved about the book and appreciated the tips. Even the parent who was sending a 2nd child off commented that it had a few ideas to learn.

This book might be useful in families where the child is the first ever to go to college, but for the rest of us it's pretty lame. There's no significant info here -- you can get more and better from your child's high school guidance counselor.And there's really nothing about "parent[al] survival" in it. Barkin warns of feelings of loss and disconnect, but other than to say that many people go thru this, there's no useful info.Check that: her suggestion to bring a toolkit and duct tape is excellent, but I didn't need a book to think of that.Save your bux and post to a Yahoo forum instead.

This is one of the best books for parents with high school students. It will help you anticipate and handle the transition you and your child will go through as they become a young adult in college and you begin the "empty nest" process.