Download or read book The Helicopter Parents Guide to Surviving Senior Year written by Yvette Sams and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must read for parents of high school juniors and seniors. With so many deadlines and important dates to remember this book will help you and your student navigate through their senior year with ease. From college application and scholarship deadlines to the campus visit this book will keep you organized. This book is designed for every family but is particularly appropriate for first generation college students as well as families from other countries where the college application process may be different.
Download or read book Surviving Senior Year written by Linda B. Keene and published by Beavers Pond Press. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letting Go written by Karen Levin Coburn and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 1997 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using many anecdotes from students, teachers, and administrators on the "front lines", this book leads parents through the transitional period from the junior year of high school to the senior year of college. This edition includes all-new sections on campus life, as well as the latest facts on the Internet and its impact on the admissions process, academics, and student life.
Download or read book A Freshman Survival Guide for College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders written by Haley Moss and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2014-06-21 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you know which college is right for you? What happens if you don't get on with your roommate? And what on earth is the Greek system all about? As a university student with High-Functioning Autism, Haley Moss offers essential tips and advice in this insider's guide to surviving the Freshman year of college. Chatty, honest and full of really useful information, Haley's first-hand account of the college experience covers everything students with Autism Spectrum Disorders need to know. She talks through getting ready for college, dorm life and living away from parents, what to expect from classes, professors and exams, and how to cope in new social situations and make friends. This book is a must-read for all students on the autism spectrum who are about to begin their first year of college, parents and teachers who are helping them prepare, and college faculty and staff.
Download or read book Letting Go written by Karen Levin Coburn and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. 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.
Download or read book Letting Go Fourth Edition written by Karen Levin Coburn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bestselling guide, read by hundreds of thousands of parents over the past decade, is now better than ever, newly revised and completely updated. Based on real-life experience and recommended by colleges and universities around the country, Letting Go offers compassionate, practical, and up-to-the-minute information to help parents with the emotional and social changes of the college years. 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? These important issues and more are addressed with wise advice and time-tested counsel in Letting Go -- a realistic and reassuring source for meeting the challenges ahead, from the senior year in high school through college graduation.
Download or read book Diaper Dude written by Chris Pegula and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dude, you're a dad now! Picking up where From Dude to Dad left off, author and founder of the popular Diaper Dude parenting brand Chris Pegula dives into the first two years of parenting and furthers his deeply held belief that you don't have to lose yourself when you become a father. Once again written in Pegula's everyman voice and filled with humorous takes on fatherhood from the front lines, the book is an easy-to-read resource for new dads, combining hard-won lessons learned, pitfalls to avoid, and practical advice from a dude who hasn't lost his identity (or his sanity). Filled with useful information, hilarious stories of dad madness, a little psychology and science, and engaging sidebars, Diaper Dude covers everything from bonding, babyproofing, and when you'll have sex again to toddlerhood, tantrums, and tag-teaming with your partner to cover all the bases while staying (somewhat) sane. **Winner, Family Choice Award! **Winner, National Parenting Product Award!
Download or read book The Principal s Survival Guide written by Susan Stone Kessler and published by Free Spirit Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hands-on school leadership guide for new and veteran principals and administrators offers practical advice for leading a school successfully. Want honest student input? Try texting. Got a group of angry parents? Arrange one-on-one meetings—you’ll avoid a mob scene and give each family the attention it deserves. Trying to make a teacher feel appreciated? Shoot a quick email after stopping by his classroom and describe something cool you saw him do. It takes ten seconds but has a big impact. These tips and hundreds more are the collective wisdom of three experienced principals who know how to connect with kids, staff, families, and stakeholders, and help students succeed.
Download or read book The Girl s Guide written by Melissa Kirsch and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colossal cheat sheet for your post-college years, answering all the needs of the modern woman—from mastering money to placating overly anxious parents, from social media etiquette to the pleasure and pain of dating (and why it’s not a cliché to love yourself first). A perfect combination of tried-and-true advice and been-there tips, it’s a one-stop resource that includes how to clean up your digital reputation, info on finding an apartment you can afford and actually want to live in, and why you should exercise the delicate art of defriending. Plus the fundamentals, from health (mental and physical) to spirituality to ethics to fashion, all delivered in Melissa Kirsch’s fresh, personal, funny voice—as if your best friend were giving you the best and smartest advice in the world.
Download or read book Letting Go Fifth Edition written by Karen Levin Coburn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Don t Take It Personally written by John Davis and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Don't Take It Personally" explains why teens act the way they do and why parents have yet to figure out how to reach their teenage kids.
Download or read book The Parent s Guide to Turning Your Teen Into a Millionaire written by Christopher Carosa and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-20 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Parents Who Want To Sleep Better... and Worry Less About Their Children's Future. You go to college to get a comfortable job. You get a good job because you desire a comfortable career. You desire a comfortable to achieve a comfortable retirement. But you can't get a comfortable career if you keep job hopping. And you job hop because you can't get a comfortable job. And you can't save for retirement because your college loans are too high. But what if there were a way to bypass financial burden of college and earn a millionaire retirement before you graduate high school?For the same price of the average annual private college tuition spread out over six years (not one), your teenager can retire a millionaire (without needing to be an investment wiz)!You tell your child to study hard, get into a good college, start on a good career track. Why? So your child can retire in comfort. But, what if there's a way to jump-start your child's retirement before your teen graduates from high school? The Parent's Guide to Turning Your Teen Into a Millionaire describes precisely how to do this. And it's incredibly easy. Can you believe that so few people take advantage of this opportunity? Well, you don't have to be one of those people. You can turn your teen into a millionaire before high school graduation!In researching for his new book, The Parent's Guide to Turning Your Teen Into a Millionaire, Carosa has discovered people who are using it now (in surprisingly everyday circumstances). How could we make more people aware of these opportunities? How can we help more people take advantage of this for themselves (and their children)? Finally, what simple legislative tweaks can broaden the availability of The Child IRA to everyone, not just the lucky few who happen to be (literally) born into the right set of circumstances.These are just some of the questions discussed and answered. In between, you'll discover real life example via interviews with actual parents and children who have created and benefited from The Child IRA.
Download or read book A Survival Guide to Parenting Teens written by Joani Geltman and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The teenage years will bring problems that will make any parent long for the days of their childhood. However, you’re not alone! This invaluable resource tackles all of the issues that you can possibly encounter with your teen. Oh to be able to return to the days of messy bedrooms and preteen attitudes! Now as parents of teenagers, the days have the potential of bringing us not-so-fun issues like sexting, cyber-bullying, and eating disorders. Let’s not forget the old standbys of drugs, alcohol, and depression. As much as you pray that your child will be the shining exception, as their parent you must still be prepared! Will you know what to do when a naked picture of your daughter gets forwarded by her “boyfriend” to the entire school? How will you respond when your child is bullied online--or is the bully himself? A Survival Guide to Parenting Teens has thought through all the issues you haven’t, covering a broad range of issues including: sex, drinking, drugs, depression, defiance, laziness, conformity, entitlement, and more Parenting expert Joani Geltman approaches 80 uncomfortable topics with honesty and a dash of humor. She reveals what your teens are thinking and feeling--and what developmental factors are involved. A Survival Guide to Parenting Teens explains how to approach each problem in a way that lets your kid know you “get it” and leads to truly productive conversations.
Download or read book How to Survive Your Freshman Year written by Frances Northcutt and published by Hundreds of Heads Books, LLC. This book was released on 2013 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now revised and updated, this guide offers incoming college freshmen the experience, advice, and wisdom of their peers: hundreds of other students who have survived their first year of college and have something interesting to say about it.
Download or read book I m Going to College Not You written by Jennifer Delahunty and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acceptance by a top college is more than a gold star on a high school graduate's forehead today. It has morphed into the ultimate "good parenting" stamp of approval--the better the bumper sticker, the better the parent, right? Parents of juniors and seniors in high school fret over SAT scores and essays, obsessed with getting their kids into the right college, while their children push for independence. I'm Going to College---Not You! is a resource for parents, written by parents who've been in their shoes. Kenyon College dean Jennifer Delahunty shares her unique perspective (and her daughter's) on one of the toughest periods of parenting, and has assembled a top-notch group of writers that includes best-selling authors, college professors and admissions directors, and journalists. Their experiences with the difficult balancing act between control freak and resource answer questions like: --how can a parent be less of a "helicopter" (hovering) and more of a "booster rocket" (uplifting)? --what do you do when your child wants to put off college to become a rock star? and --how will you keep from wanting to kill each other? Contributors include: Jane Hamilton David Latt Neal Pollack Joe Queenan Anne Roark Debra Shaver Anna Quindlen Ellen Waterston
Download or read book You re On Your Own But I m Here If You Need Me written by Marjorie Savage and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Realistic and practical advice for parents of college-age kids. Parents whose kids are away at college have a tough tightrope to walk: they naturally want to stay connected to their children, yet they also need to let go. What's more, kids often send mixed messages: they crave space, but they rely on their parents' advice and assistance. Not surprisingly, it's hard to know when it's appropriate to get involved in your child's life and when it's better to back off. You're On Your Own (But I'm Here If You Need Me) helps parents identify the boundaries between necessary involvement and respect for their child's independence.
Download or read book Nobody s Baby Now written by Susan Newman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers strategies and techniques for improving the relationship between adult children and their parents, discussing familiar challenges such as holiday conflicts, money issues, children, and guilt trips.
