Northern Arizona University

Suggested Parent Reading List

• Bringing Home the Laundry: Effective Parenting for College and Beyond. Janis Brody. 2001 
• Confessions of a College Freshman: A Survival Guide for Dorm Life, Biology Lab, the Cafeteria, and Other First-Year Adventures. Zach Arrington. 2001 
• Don't Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money : The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years. Helen E. Johnson  and Christine Schelhas-Miller. 2000 
• Empty Nest ... Full Heart: The Journey from Home to College. Andrea Van Steenhouse. 2002 
• Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before. Jean M. Twenge. PhD. 2007 
• Getting Ready for College: Everything You Need to Know Before You Go From Bike Locks to Laundry Baskets, Financial Aid to Health Care. Polly Berent. 2003 
• I'll Miss You Too: An Off-to-College Guide for Parents and Students. Margo E. Woodacre Bane and Steffany Bane. 2006 
• The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life. Laura Kastner  and Jennifer Wyatt. 2002 
• Let The Journey Begin: A Parent's Monthly Guide to the College Experience. Jacqueline Kiernan MacKay and Wanda Johnson Ingram. 2001 
• Life During College: Your Guide to Success. Life After Graduation. 2005 
• Living the College Life: Real Students. Real Experiences. Real Advice. Kenneth Paulsen. 2005 
• My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student .Rebekah Nathan. 2006 
• Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds. Richard Light. 2004 
• The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College, 2nd Edition. Harlan Cohen. 2005 
• Parents' Guide to College Life: 181 Straight Answers on Everything You Can Expect Over the Next Four Years. Robin Raskin. 2006 
• Stop Parenting and Start Coaching. Carter Carol. 2003
• You're On Your Own (But I'm Here if You Need Me) : Mentoring Your Child During the College Years. Marjorie Savage. 2003
• Letting Go: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding College Years by Coburn & Treeger
• www.CollegeTipsForParents.org  – a helpful website for parents of college students
• The Game of Survivor by Anne Tyra http://collegetipsforparents.org/college-game-survivor.html
• Don’t Worry Be Happy by Karen Walasek http://collegetipsforparents.org/college-dont-worry.html