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Book titled "Letting Go"Letting Go (Sixth Edition): A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years
By Karen Coburn & Madge Treeger
HarperCollins; 6th Edition (2016).

 

 

Book titled "The iConnected Parent" The iConnected Parent: Staying Close to Your Kids in College (and Beyond) While Letting Them Grow Up
By Barbara K. Hofer and Abigail Sullivan Moore
Free Press; June 2011.

 

 

Book titled "Don't Tell Me What to Do. Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years"Don't Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years
By Helen Johnson and Christine Schelhas-Miller
St. Martin's Griffin; May 2000.

 

 

Book titled "You're On Your Own (But I'm Here if You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years"You're On Your Own (But I'm Here if You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years
By Marjorie Savage
Simon & Schuster; July 2003.

 

 

Book titled "Graduate to a Great Job: Make Your College Degree Pay Off in Today's Market"Graduate to a Great Job: Make Your College Degree Pay Off in Today's Market
By David DeLong
Longstone Press; May 2013.

 

 

Book titled "Empty Nest…Full Heart: The Journey from Home to College"Empty Nest…Full Heart: The Journey from Home to College
By Andrea Van Steenhouse
Simpler Life Press; 2nd Edition (April 2002).

 

 

Book titled "In Addition to Tuition: The Parents' Survival Guide to Freshman Year of College"In Addition to Tuition: The Parents' Survival Guide to Freshman Year of College
By Marian Edelman Borden, Mary Anne Burlinson, and Elsie R. Kearns
Checkmark Books; 1996.

 

 

Book titled "When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parents' Survival Guide"When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parents' Survival Guide
By Carol Barkin
Harper Collins; March 1999.

 

 

Book titled "Almost Grown: Launching Your Child from High School to College"Almost Grown: Launching Your Child from High School to College
By Patricia Pasick
W. W. Norton & Company; 2nd Edition (March 1998).

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