Parents' Guide to College Life: 181 Straight Answers on Everything You Can Expect Over the Next Four Years

by Robin Raskin

Get STRAIGHT ANSWERS to TOUGH QUESTIONS . The market is saturated with college admissions guides, but this is the only one that gives parents honest answers to the real questions they have when they send their children to college.

Written by media consultant and parenting expert Robin Raskin, this candid guide answers questions

·How much money should my son/daughter be spending a week?
·Is it wise to give my child a checkbook? A credit card?
·Should she/he take a semester abroad? What are the downsides? The benefits?
·How can we choose the best meal plan?
·Does my son/daughter need a laptop or a desktop computer?
·Should she/he be working a job while attending school?

Genres: Nonfiction

368 pages, Paperback

First published March 21, 2006

Reviews

[Mary Lou]

Good information for parents who are sending their first kid off to school. Not as helpful for those who've already been there.

[Gabby]

An ongoing read... Even those this is the 3rd time around sending a child off to college, I found it very helpful.