Resources
Informative resources for Parents, High schoolers and Web-based Colleges
Resources for Parents
- Letting Go: A Parent’s Guide to Today’s College Experience
by Karen Levin Coburn & Madge Lawrence Treeger (available in the Grand View Bookstore)
- Almost Grown: Launching Your Child from High School to College
by Patricia Pasick (available in the Grand View Bookstore)
- Empty Nest, Full Heart: The Journey from Home to College
by Andrea Van Steenhouse
- When Kids Go to College
by Barbara and Philip Newman
- For Parents Only: Tips for Surviving the Journey from Homeroom to Dormroom
by Julia Johnston and Mary Kay Shanley (local Des Moines authors)
- Don’t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years
by Helen E. Johnson and Christine Schelhas-Miller
- Learning How to Learn: Getting into and Surviving College When You Have a Learning Disability
by Joyanne Cobb
- Conquer the Cost of College: The Family Guide to Paying for College
by Elizabeth Cote, Trent Anderson, and Seppy Basili
- A Parent’s Guide to Sex, Drugs and Flunking Out: Answers to the Questions Your College Student Doesn’t Want You to Ask
by Joel Epstein
- Get Free Cash for College
by Kelly Y. Tanabe and Gen S. Tanabe
- Parenting a Teen Girl
by Lucie Hemmen
Resources for High School Seniors
- Chicken Soup for the College Soul
by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger, and Dan Clark (available in the Grand View Bookstore)
- Been There, Should Have Done That
by Suzette Tyler
- 101 Things a College Girl Should Know, from a Big Sister Who’s Been There
by Stephanie Edwards
- The Real Freshman Handbook: A Irreverent and Totally Honest Guide to Life on Campus
by Jennifer Hanson
- Money Management for College Students
by Larry Burkett
- Real Life Begins After High School: Facing the Future Without Freaking Out
by Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz
- Get Off My Brain: A Survival Guide for Lazy Students
by Randall McCutcheon and Pete Wagner
- College 101: A Girl’s guide to Freshman Year
by Julie Zilinger
- 5 Must Know Secrets for Today’s College Girl
by Lauren P. Salamone
- The Her Campus Guide to College Life
by Stephanie Kaplan Lewis, Annie Chandler Wang, Windsor Hanger Western, and the Writers & Editors of Her Campus The Teen Girl’s Survival Guide by Lucie Hemmen
- The Secrets of College Success (Second Edition)
by Lynn F. Jacobs and Jeremy S. Hyman