Letting Go - 6th Edition by Karen Levin Coburn & Madge Lawrence Treeger (Paperback)

About the Book

"A previous edition of this book was published in 2009 by HarperPerennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers."

Book Synopsis

The sixth edition of this classic parents' guide and college orientation staple has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the realities of college today.

For more than a decade, Letting Go has provided hundreds of thousands of parents with valuable insights, information, comfort, and guidance throughout the emotional and social changes of their children's college years--from the senior year in high school through college graduation.

Based on research and real life experience, and recommended by colleges and universities around the country, Letting Go, Sixth Edition, has been updated and revised, offering even more insightful, practical, and up-to-date information. In this era of constant communication, this edition tackles the challenge facing parents: finding the balance between staying connected and letting go.

• When should parents encourage independence?
• When should they intervene?
• What issues of identity and intimacy await students?
• What are normal feelings of disorientation and loneliness for students--and for parents?
• What is different about today's college environment?
• What new concerns about safety, health and wellness, and stress will affect incoming classes?

A timeless resource, Letting Go, Sixth Edition, is an indispensable book that parents can depend on and turn to for all of their questions and concerns regarding sending their children to college.

Review Quotes

"Sending a child off to college can be jolting as well as joyous. Letting Go offers a treasury of insights into this rite of passage, rooted not in psychological jargon but in experience and common sense." - Edward B. Fiske, author of Fiske's Guide to Colleges
"A sensitive, informative and well-written guide to help parents know what their children are getting into when they leave for college. Full of practical advice and psychological insight, it's a better antidote than Valium for the anxieties parents feel as they prepare to let their children go." - Ben Lieber, Dean of Students, Amherst College
"A seminal source of information for families and their college-bound children." - Larry Moneta, Vice President for Student Affairs, Duke University
"Letting Go should be a required text for any college parent. It reflects today's college student's reality and helps prepare parents for the exciting journey that awaits both them and their sons and daughters." - Marc Wais, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, New York University
"Simply put, Letting Go, Sixth Edition is an outstanding and indispensable guide for parents going through the college process from the initial creation of a list of possible schools until college graduation day. Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Treeger combine insightful analysis to prepare parents for everything they will encounter as they travel the college journey with their children. In the same way that What to Expect When You're Expecting seemed to be the bible for parents when they were pregnant eighteen years earlier, Letting Go is the go-to book as they prepare to send their children off and help them navigate the always exciting and sometimes turbulent years of college." - William B. Handmaker, Ph.D., Head of School, Bosque School, Albuquerque
"As a high school principal, I find Letting Go to be an invaluable resource. Written in a humorous and accessible style, it answers the questions 'What happens next and how can you deal with it?'" - Louise Losos, Principal, Clayton High School, Clayton, Missouri
"Letting Go is an exemplary resource filled with practical insights to enhance familial support for today's college students. Families and college administrators will find it helpful in their efforts to partner for students' success." - Andrew Wilson, Dean of Academic and Student Services, Johns Hopkins University
"Buckle your seatbelts! It may surprise parents that the transition to college can be harder on them than it is on their children. Fortunately, this book guides us through the confusing-and exhilarating-process of parenting college students. Coburn and Treeger also give parents permission to feel the disequilibrium that sending students off to college provokes and offer practical and gentle guidance for parents on their own journeys." - Lori I. Tenser, Ph.D., Dean of First-Year Students, Wellesley College
"Filled with practical and up-to-date information, Letting Go is must-reading for parents embarking on this next stage of life with their soon-to-be college students. Undoubtedly, the best guide available today." - Dr. Patricia A. Whitely, Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Miami