Review of Off to College
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Review of Off to College
Mary Ellen Smith's graphic novel Off to College includes illustrations about sending off one's kids to college. When your child is preparing for or attending college, do you worry about them making the correct decisions? Everything you could want to tell your kid, and more, is in this book. You might assume it's all about the negative things, but I guarantee you'll end up loving this book and the lessons it teaches your kid so much that you might even want to thank the author for writing it.
With just one statement added to each illustration, the author is able to convey precisely what they mean. The majority of these pictures depict various concerns and other feelings that parents or their children may experience while they prepare their child for college or while they are at college.
This book is great because it steers parents in the right direction when they are unsure of the potential outcomes of being overly lenient with their children. I liked that this book may help kids learn valuable lessons about making good decisions in many aspects of their lives, not just academic ones. I thought it was fascinating that the book recommended encouraging children to respond to adults in the same manner as their peers when at college.
What bothers me about this book is that some parents, who have no reason to be concerned about these issues, will use it as a tool for restrictive parenting. In my opinion, there should be a middle ground between being too strict and being too forgiving.
The only issue I have with the book is not with the book itself, but rather with certain readers who would use it to control their children. I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars because of this, and I won't dock any points because I think it can be helpful for certain parents as their children prepare for college. This book has been edited flawlessly; I didn't find any mistakes in it.
This is a great book for parents to get for their child who is about to start college.
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