Recommended Books for Middle and High School Parents

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Bryson, Tina and Daniel Siegel. The Power of Showing Up

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Deresiewicz, William. Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life

 

Faber, Joanna, and Elaine Mazlish. How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk
 

Furda, Eric and Steinberg Jacques. College Conversations

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Kastner, Laura, and Jennifer Wyatt. Getting to Calm: Cool-Headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens + Teens

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Lahey, Jessica. The Gift of Failure

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Lukianoff, Greg, and Jonathan Haidt. The Coddling of The American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting up a Generation for Failure

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Lythcott-Haims, Julie. How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success

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Mathews, Jay. Harvard Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College That Is Best for You

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Mogel, Wendy. The Blessing of A Skinned Knee

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--- The Blessing of a B-  

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Pope, Denise, and Challenge Success. Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids

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Pope, Denise. Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed-Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students

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Riera, Michael. Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers

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Rinere, Monique. Countdown to College: The Essential Steps to Your Child's Successful Launch

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Sugarman, Lisa, and Debra Fox Gansenberg.  How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It

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Savage, Marjorie. You’re On Your Own (But I’m Here If You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years

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Shlain, Tiffany. 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week

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Thacker, Lloyd, editor. College Unranked: Ending the College Admissions Frenzy

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Toughs, Paul. How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

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Wiseman, Rosalind, and Elizabeth Rapoport.  Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads: Dealing with the Parents, Teachers, Coaches, and Counselors Who Can Make—or Break—Your Child's Future

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Books for Parents About Teen Mental Health

Carter, Christine. The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction

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Darmour, Lisa. Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood

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--- Lisa. Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls 

 

Jensen, Frances. The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Guide to Raising Adolescent Boys 

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Levine, Madeline. Teach Your Children Well: Why Values and Coping Schools Matter More Than Grades, Trophies or “Fat Envelopes”

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--- The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids

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Thompson, Michael.  The Pressured Child: Freeing Our Kids from Performance Overdrive and Helping Them Find Success in School and Life

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Riera, Michael. Staying Connected To Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and How to Hear What They're Really Saying 

 

Books for Parents Getting Ready for College 

Bruni, Frank.  Where You Go is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania

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Cohen, Harlan. The Naked Roommate: For Parents Only—A Parent’s Guide to the New 

College Experience 

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Kastner, Laura, and Jennifer Wyatt. The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life

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Hofer, Barbara K., and Abigail Sullivan Moore. The Connected Parent: Staying Close to our Kids (and Beyond) While Letting Them Grow Up 

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Newman, Barbara M. and Philip R.  When Kids Go to College: A Parent’s Guide to Changing Relationships

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 Pope, Loren. Colleges That Change Lives

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 Tough, Paul. The Years that Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us

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Resources

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NACAC: National Association of College Admissions Counselors​

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IECA: Independent Educational Consultant Association

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Challenge Success: www.challenegesuccess.org  “At Challenge Success, we believe that our society has become too focused on grades, test scores, and performance, leaving little time for kids to develop the necessary skills to become resilient, ethical, and motivated learners. We provide families and schools with the practical, research-based tools they need to create a more balanced and academically fulfilling life for kids. After all, success is measured over the course of a lifetime, not at the end of a semester.”

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Colleges The Change Lives: Website to help students identify right fit colleges. 

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