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The” Grown and Flown” is a perfect book for all parents with kids prepping and heading to college. Raising humans in this world never ends, and we have this great collection and “reference” to bounce our thoughts off. Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington are the authors of this fantastic and lovely book. Mary and Lisa were able to compile unique information into this book that can help a lot of families on the same boat. Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington have written the book every parent needs on their bedside table. From how not to be a Lawnmower Parent to Understanding the Teenage Brain to Happiness, Anxiety and Mental Health that covers it all. Grown and Flown is for every parent who is looking for guidance in those teens to twenty-something years. We feel just about prepared for the end of high school and the start of college as we could ever be and knowing the streams of tears will be normal makes feel normal. The full title of the book is Grown and Flown: How to support your teen, stay close as a family, and raise independent adults. That succinctly tells what the book is about. It is said to be geared towards parents of offspring aged 15-25 but is most focussed on students from the time of preparing for college applications and visits to those completing college or trade school and preparing for work or graduate school. This book is mostly focused on students from the time of preparing for college applications and visits to those completing college or trade school and preparing for work or graduate school. The book covers the practical and emotional side of preparing for college, making the decision about what college to attend, preparing the application and settling into the new challenges that college brings. It gets into the march towards independence which for most young people includes the increasing focus on friends and decreasing involvement with the family. Overall, “Grown and Flown” is an extremely useful book. For parents of teens, it is a great resource that is worthy of reading in full and referring back to as teens grow from high school, through college and their search for a career and independent adulthood.