Letting Go: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years, Third Edition - Softcover

Karen Levin Coburn; Madge Lawerence Treeger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006095244X ISBN 13: 9780060952440

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1997

Synopsis

Thoroughly revised and updated, a popular guide for parents to dealing with their feelings during their children's time away at college advises them about when to encourage their children's independence and when to come to the rescue. Original."

About this title

Review:

Letting Go is about what it feels like for parents when their kids go off to college. Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger provide a compassionate approach, practical information, and advice about the physical and emotional processes of letting go. They discuss the college-age child's search for identity, independence, and intimacy; give a succinct and accurate description of how college life has changed over the decades; and provide a year-by-year breakdown of what to expect. Plus, you can read about typical and not-so-typical problems including date rape, crime, eating disorders, drug and alcohol use, and sexual issues. Of special note is the focus on orientation and the freshman year, including the disorientation parents feel once the drop-off has been made.

About the Author:

Karen Levin Coburn is Associate Dean of Students at Washington University and the co-author of The New Assertive Woman (more than one million copies sold) and Hitting Our Stride.

Madge Lawrence Treeger, a long time member of the Washington University counseling service, is now a psychotherapist in private practice.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 006095244X
• ISBN 13: 9780060952440
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 384