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BL
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996798
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b751168
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| Main Entry
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Coburn, Karen Levin,1941-
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| Title & Author
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Letting go : : a parents' guide to understanding the college years /\ Karen Levin Coburn Madge Lawrence Treeger.
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| Edition Statement
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5th ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Harper,, 2009.
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| Page. NO
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xii, 448 pages ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0061665738
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: 9780061665738
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| Notes
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"Newly updated and revised for the 21st century"--Cover.
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A previous edition of this book was published in 1997 by HarperPerennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-427) and index.
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| Contents
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Part I: The college experience -- Letting go -- Some things never change: The search for identity, independence, and intimacy -- Some things do change: College life today -- Part II: A parents' guide: From start to finish -- Great expectations -- Ready, set, go: The departure -- Orientation and disorientation -- The freshman year: Academic life and the college scene -- In and out of your life -- Sophomore slump and the years beyond -- The end is the beginning.
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| Abstract
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"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 real-life experience and recommended by colleges and universities around the country, this indispensable book has been updated and revised, offering even more compassionate, practical, and up-to-the-minute information"--Publisher description.
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College students-- United States-- Psychology.
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Parent and child-- United States.
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Parenting-- United States.
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Universities and colleges-- United States.
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College students-- Psychology.
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Parent and child.
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Parenting.
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Universities and colleges.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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378.1/98
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| LC Classification
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LA229.C53 2009
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| NLM classification
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G649.712clc
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| Added Entry
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Treeger, Madge Lawrence,1934-
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