Family Booklist
Here is a suggested reading list of books that address the identity development of college students, and the adjustments that the entire family must make as students begin their college careers.
I'll Miss You Too: A Parent and Student Guide to Opening Doors and Staying Connected During the College Years, by Margo E. Bane Woodacre and Steffany Bane. Sourcebooks Inc, 2005.
Letting Go: A Parent's Guide to Understanding the College Years (fourth edition), by Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger. Harper Perennial, 2003.
Your on Your Own (But I'm here if you need me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years, by Majorie Savage. Fireside Press, 2003.
She's Leaving Home: Letting Go as My Daughter Goes to College, by Connie Jones. Andrews McMeel, 2002.
Empty Nest, Full Heart (2nd edition), by Andrea Van Steenhouse. Simpler Life Press, 2002.
Let the Journey Begin: A Parent's Monthly Guide to the College Experience, by Jaqueline Kiernan MacKay and Wanda Johnson Ingram. Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
Doors Open From Both Sides: The Off-to-College Guide From Two Points of View: Parents and Students, by Margo E. Bane Woodacre and Steffany Bane. American Literary Press, Inc, 2001.
When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parent's Survival Guide, by Carol Barkin. Avon Publishing, 1999.
Almost Grown: Launching Your Child From High School to College
(2nd edition), by Patricia Pasick. W.W. Norton & Co, 1998.