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The Happiest Kid on Campus: A Parent's Guide to the Very Best College Experience (for You and Your Child) |  | Author: Harlan Cohen
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 29,687
Media: Paperback
Pages: 640
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 1402239424
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.198
EAN: 9781402239427
ASIN: 1402239424
Publication Date: May 1, 2010
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Product Description
If your child is beginning life in college, there's a surprise around every corner... But that doesn't mean you can't be prepared! The Happiest Kid on Campus is a witty and wise guide to everything you need to know about the college experience. Harlan Cohen, America's most trusted college life expert, delivers the best advice, facts, stats, tips, and stories from parents, students, and experts across the country to ensure that you and your child will have an incredible and meaningful college experience. The Summer Before
What, when, and how to prepare
The emotional roller coaster Paying the Bills
Financial aid tricks and tips
Budgets, books, and the best campus jobs Calling, Texting, and Facebooking
New ways to keep in touch
How much is too much The First Few Months
Move-in, roommates, and homesickness
What not to do when you're missing them To A or Not to B
Professors, grades, and actually going to class
When to step in (and when not to) Keeping Them Safe
Drinking, partying, and other things your kid might not be doing
Knowing your campus support resources (20100326)
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 Parents of college students: this is a MUST READ May 2, 2010
Suzanne Shaffer (Texas)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I just finished reading The Happiest Kid on Campus: A Parent's Guide to the Very Best College Experience (for you and your child!). It was like taking a trip down memory lane with both my kids and their college experiences. If only this book had been written eight years ago when I sent my daughter off to college, I might have avoided many sleepless nights, worried moments, and confusing dilemmas during those tumultuous four years. My favorite quote from the book: "Life (and college) is 90 percent amazing and 10 percent difficult." It's the 10 percent difficult that Harlan Cohen addresses in his book. And it's that 10 percent difficult that ALL parents need to be prepared to deal with.
This book answers those nagging parental questions:
* Will my child be safe?
* How much should I be involved and where should I draw the line?
* How do I help my child adapt to living away from home and getting along with others?
* Is it OK to ask questions?
* How much contact from home is too much and how do I set boundaries?
* What do I do when they call home with a crisis?
* How do I talk to my child about sex, drugs, alcohol, academics, Greek life, roommates and getting involved?
Harlan uses tips and stories from students and parents to show us real-life college experiences. While doing that, he covers all the topics from the summer before college, to moving day, to the first few months, to parents weekends. He discusses controversial topics like drinking, sex, eating disorders, and even campus safety, offering parents direction and advice on how to discuss and handle them if and when they arise. He gets you up to speed on texting, Facebook and Twitter and discusses how to use them to stay informed and involved in your college student's life without being intrusive.
On a personal note, while I was reading this book I was transported back to the early days of college when my daughter and I experienced so many of the college dilemmas Harlan discussed: overpacking for freshman year; dealing with a disagreeable and annoying roommate; living with her friends and regretting it; hazing during sorority rush; the freshman 15; struggling with certain classes and surviving; wanting to transfer because of a boyfriend; getting involved and finding her place. He addresses EVERY college dilemma with advice from his own experiences, other parents, students and college professionals.
If you're a parent of a college-bound teen, you should pick up a copy of this book BEFORE your teen heads off to college. It will prepare you for their years in college and give you that peace of mind knowing that everything you are faced with is all part of the college experience. You'll worry less, sleep more, and ensure that you and your child have an amazing college experience.
 Getting ready for college life September 6, 2010
The Queen
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think this book has some good info for parents about getting ready to send their kid to college. I disagree with the author about credit cards though. We are big Dave Ramsey fans and for that reason and others our son does not have one. He has a debit card and it is not a scary thing as the author states. We do not have overdraft protection and neither does our son. Please! This is why everyone is in debt. And because they charge everything. He pays cash or uses debit as do we. He has a used paid for car and we saved for his college. There is no reason to have a credit score if you have cash. Oh, and if you haven't talked to kids about sex before now, it is probably too late. With all the problems with Facebook why bother? Is it worth the possible trouble later? Otherwise it is and o.k. book.
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