“I’m Going to College – Not You!”

When my eldest son was getting ready to go to college I felt a little bit as though I was losing my mind. The thought of him walking out the door and calling a new place home was so painful that, although I was excited for him, I felt engulfed in pain and fear.

It turns out, I was not alone. Reading through the searingly funny and poignant pages of Jennifer Delahunty’s edited essay collection, I’m Going to College—Not You!: Surviving the College Search with Your Child,it soon becomes clear th...