College Parent magazines are a must-read for parents coping with the two-year transition from high school to college--is an insightful and lively tour of the bumpy road involving college applications, senioritis, freshman freedom, and parent/child separation anxiety. "Launching a child into college can feel as if it's one of our last hands-on parenting acts," explain authors The beauty of this magazines approach is two-fold: First it opens a window onto the world of young people leaving home, exploring application procrastination, senioritis, college choice, ambivalence about independence, and freshman freak-outs. At the same time, it holds up a mirror to parents, to help them discover deeper truths about themselves with--and without--their children.

College Parent magazines are written for mothers who survived the perils of packing her own child off to school. They provide supportive, reassuring, and helpful tips for handling this inevitable but difficult separation. Comprehensive and accessible, College Parent magazines includes info on:

• Teaching your child how to live on his own, from balancing a checkbook to dealing with a roomate.
• The difference between financial and emotioanl dependence -- and how to keep them separate.
• Helping your spouse, younger children, and even pets deal with the transition when your child leaves -- and when she returns.
• How to fill -- and even enjoy -- the hole that your child's absence leaves.

Saying goodbye isn't the end of the world; it's the beginning of an exciting new one for your child-and you.! College Parent magazines are a helpful tool that contains good and current information. Most of us know the top schools around the country. But if your high school student already has a solid interest in a particular major, this guide will open your eyes to possibilities you never knew existed. Their extensive research finds those smaller regional and private schools which excel in a particular field but do not get the same publicity as the big name universities. If your child is leery of taking on a campus of 40,000 students or doesn't want to be 2,000 miles from home, College Parent magazines will help you find outstanding institutions of all sizes and in nearly every part of the country. Don't assume that just because a particular college or university is of general high quality that it truly excels in the field your child wants to study!

It is about what it feels like for parents when their kids go off to college. College Parent magazines 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.