Your teenager has applied and been accepted to attend university or college – often away from home. Now what? Don’t Leave, Please Go, by Sara Dimerman, is an essential guide to what you (and your teen) need to know before embarking on your journey…

Customer Reviews

Easy to read helpful resource about the empty nest transition
Very timely read as my youngest has just started university and is living in dorm.

I heard the author, a psychologist and a mother, speak on a call-in radio show about the transitions both parent and child go through when the latter leaves home to go to university. The author herself had experienced this a few years prior when her daughter left home. There were also many callers on the show who spoke about the ups and downs of navigating this new reality.

I ran to get the author’s book as I was struggling with the transition and wanted to learn about her experience and how she got through it.

The book is told in an easy, conversational style, spanning from before the author’s daughter left home for university, to the end of the first week, first month, Christmas, and the end of the first year. The author’s daughter adds her perspective in the form of an epilogue which I found interesting.

I could relate to many of the emotions, challenges, ups and downs that the author experienced and nodded my head very often. It made me feel less alone and made me realize that what I am feeling is a real thing experienced by many other parents (particularly mothers).

The title is a perfect description of this transition- I miss my son but I am focussing on further developing my own interests, planning small things to look forward to with my husband, etc. I also am realizing that I have much less laundry to do!

Recommend this to those going through the empty nest transition.