Laura Kosloff stresses the importance of informed parents in a student’s study abroad experience in her review of A Parent Guide to Study Abroad, published by IIE and the AIFS Foundation. "Parents back home can be a key factor, particularly in today’s world of instant communications, even if those parents are often unseen and unheard," writes Kosloff. "[Their] knowledge and expectations can help make or break a student’s successful integration into a host community as well as transitioning back home."