{"id":41,"date":"2024-05-28T16:12:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/parents\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2026-04-18T08:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:55:09","slug":"reading-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/parents\/reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Whether you have already sent a student to college, or this is your first to go, we know that one of the best ways to prepare for a major life transition is by reading! Here is a recommended reading list that we hope you will find beneficial:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Dont-Tell-What-Just-Money\/dp\/0312573642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Don\u2019t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Guide to the College Years<\/a>\u00a0by Helen E. Johnson and Christine Schelhas-Miller<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Emptying-Nest-Launching-Success-Self-Reliance\/dp\/0230620582\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1408638940&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Emptying+the+Nest%3A+Launching+Your+Young+Adult+toward+Success+and+Self-reliance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emptying the Nest: Launching Your Young Adult Toward Success and Self-Reliance<\/a>\u00a0by Brad Sachs, Ph. D.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-iConnected-Parent-Staying-College\/dp\/1439148309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The iConnected Parent: Staying Close to Your Kids in College (and Beyond) While Letting Them Grow Up<\/a>\u00a0by Barbara K. Hofer and Abigail Sullivan Moore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0692027440\/sr=1-1\/qid=1408378554\/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&amp;me=&amp;qid=1408378554&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The UniversityParent Guide to Supporting Your Student\u2019s Freshman Year<\/a>\u00a0by UniversityParent, Sarah Schupp, and Diane Schwemm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dear-Parents-Field-College-Preparation\/dp\/1421426838\/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=college+parents&amp;qid=1570049839&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dear Parents: A Field Guide for College Preparation<\/a>\u00a0by Jon McGee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you have already sent a student to college, or this is your first to go, we know that one of the best ways to prepare for a major life transition is by reading! Here is a recommended reading list that we hope you will find beneficial:&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}