As college-bound kids take off and parents say goodbye, emotions can run high. Here's how to navigate this new time, with tips and real-life experiences, so that everyone thrives.

More than 5 million college students are also parents. But many colleges do little to support them. Most don't even offer child care.

Parents need to stop taking out student loans and other debts to pay for their children's college education. There are better alternatives to help parents and students pay for college.

College parents find it hard to let go A NEW CHAPTERCollege and universities find it difficult to enforce a line between a parent's involvement and interferenceFamily 101: No syllabus for letting go ...

Aware of these challenges, some parents attended even though they are veterans of sending children to college. Among them attending the Spanish sessions were William and Damarys Lacayo, immigrants ...