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Recommended Readings for Parents of College Students

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Career Coaching Your Kids: Guiding Your Child Through the Process of Career Discovery, David H. Montross; Davis-Black Publishing (2004)

You're on Your Own (But I'm Here If You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years, Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group (2003)

The Parent's Crash Course in Career Planning: Helping Your College Student Succeed , Marcia B. Harris, Sharon Jones; McGraw-Hill (2007)

Letting Go: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years, Third Edition , Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger; Harper Paperbacks (2003)

The Career Fitness Program: Exercising your Options (8th Edition), Sukiennik, Bendat and Raufman; Prentice Hall (2006)

Best Jobs for the 21st Century , Michael Farr; JIST Works (2006)

College Majors Handbook with Real Career Paths and Payoffs: The Actual Jobs, Earnings, and Trends for Graduates of 60 College Majors, Neeta P. Fogg, Paul Harrington, Thomas Harrington; JIST Publishing (2004) 

Hand-Me-Down Dreams: How Families Influence Our Career Paths and How We Can Reclaim Them , Mary H. Jacobsen, Sarah Silbert; Three Rivers Press (2000)

Major in Success: Make College Easier, Fire Up Your Dreams, and Get a Great Job , Combs, Ten Speed Press (2003)

Majoring in the Rest of Your Life: College and Career Secrets for Students , Carol Carter; LifeBound (April 2004)

Don't Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years , Johnson and Schelhas-Miller; St. Martin’s Press (2000)