Department of Residential Life

Parent Resources

Online Materials:

Preparing for Your Child's Move to College

Are You a "Helicopter Parent"? Online Quiz

How Not to be a Helicopter Parent

Ten Ways to Help Your Children Become Self Reliant

Homesickness: How to Help Your Child

College Parents of America

The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention's Parent Connection

Family Education Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA) Frequently Asked Questions

Print Materials:

Barkin, Carol (1999). When your kid goes to college: A parent's survival guide. New York: Avon

        Books, Inc.

Coburn, Karen Levin & Treeger, Madge Lawrence (2003) 4th ed. Letting go: A parents' guide to

        understanding the college years. New York: HarperCollins.