The iConnected Parent: Staying Close to Your Kids in College (and Beyond) While Letting Them Grow Up

"Just let go!" That’s what parents have been told to do when their kids go to college. But in our speed-dial culture, with BlackBerries and even Skype, parents and kids are now more than ever in constant contact. Today's iConnected parents say they are closer to their kids than their parents were to them - and this generation of families prefers it that way. Parents are their children's mentors, confidants, and friends - but is this good for the kids? Are parents really letting go - and does that matter? Dr. Barbara Hofer, a Middlebury College professor of psychology, and Abigail Sullivan Moore, a journalist who has reported on college and high school trends for the New York Times, answer these questions and more in their groundbreaking, compelling account of both the good and the bad of close communication in the college years and beyond.