Letting Go, Sixth Edition
A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years

A lot of this book is common sense, but I still found some interesting nuggets and head-nodding passages which made it an enjoyable read. It does a good job of describing what the college experience (and to a lesser degree, high school years) is like as compared to 30 years ago when I attended colle......more

As we go through the roller coaster year with our high school senior daughter, this book has helped with antidotal stories and advice from other parents having lived through the same experiences. Would recommend this any parent.......more

I didn’t finish this book so I’m not sure I can technically put this book in my read category. But I wanted to be able to write a review. I came across this book from a current recommendation somewhere this summer for parents of college students. This book does have some helpful, relevant information......more

Although some of the content is fairly predictable and obvious, the book covers multiple stages of the college and young adult experience so that it seems useful. I think it can help a parent to be able to identify possible causes of friction in the parent child relationship and not blow things out......more

Super helpful and insightful. Wish I had read it last year before sending our son off to college, but there are still lots of interesting observations and suggestions for sophomore, junior, senior year, vacations and visits home. Great list of resources in the back. I think this would actually be gr......more