Many books and articles have been written to help better equip moms and dads for the important and adventuresome role of parenting a college student. Here are few titles that come recommended by parent relations professionals nationwide.

Majoring in Success: Building Your Career While Still in College Anthony Arcieri and Marianne Green, 1999.

When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parent's Survival Guide Carol Barkin, 1997.

How to Help Your Child Land the Right Job (Without Being a Pain in the Neck) Nella Barkley, 1993.

Bringing Home the Laundry: Effective Parenting for College and Beyond Janis Brody, 2000.

Letting Go: A Parent's Guide to Understanding the College Years Karen Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger, 1992.

Your College Experience: Strategies for Success John Gardner and Jerome Jewler, 1999.

Career Coaching Your Kids: Guiding Your Child through the Process of Career Discovery David Montross, Theresa Kane and Robert Ginn, Jr., 1997.

The Parent's Crash Course in Career Planning: Helping Your College Student Succeed Marcia Harris and Sharon Jones, 2007.

Millennials Rising Neil Howe and William Strauss, 2000.

Don't Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years Helen Johnson and Christine Schelhas-Miller, 2000.

When Kids Go to College: A Parent's Guide to Changing Relationships Barbara and Phillip Newman, 1992.

Almost Grown: Launching your Child from High School to College Patricia Pasick, 1998.

When Your Kids Go to College Lucantonio Salvi et al., 1994.

You're On Your Own (But I'm Here if You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years Marjorie Savage, 2003.