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The iConnected parent : staying close to your kids in college (and beyond) while letting them grow up / Barbara K. Hofer and Abigail Sullivan Moore.

by Hofer, Barbara K.

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New York, NY : Free Press, 2010.

Parent and teenager.

College students -- Conduct of life.

College students -- Social networks.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2010002637-d.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010002637-b.html

9781439148297 :

x, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

1st Free Press hardcover ed.

iConnected parenting 101 -- The electronic tether : communication between today's college students and their parents -- Can college kids grow up on an electronic tether? -- What colleges and universities say when iConnecting crosses the line -- Students' concerns about being so close to their parents -- The parents' side of being so involved -- Moms and dads, sons and daughters : styles of communicating -- Students with learning issues and medical concerns -- Mental health issues at college : a challenge for all parents -- iConnecting after college -- How parents can stay close but let their kids grow up.

Draws on the author's ground-breaking studies in parent-child communication to analyze how today's electronic devices may be reinforcing college-age children's dependency on their parents, sharing practical advice on navigating a healthy transition toward emancipation.

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