Comments on: Or So I Thought! http://www.advisordiaries.com/or-so-i-thought/ Share the unbelievable but true experiences of college advisors! Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:31:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Colleen A. http://www.advisordiaries.com/or-so-i-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Colleen A. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:08:50 +0000 http://www.advisordiaries.com/?p=327#comment-238 <strong><font color= #336699>I think we have to find a balance between helping students become independent and helping them learn how to use the resources they arrive with, including support from their family. Sometimes it is a "helicopter" situation, like the one in the original post, or like the student I had two years ago who would call his mom, who was about 200 miles away, and have HER call me, even though he lived on campus and could have called me or even come by my office quite easily. Involved and concerned parents are good. Parents who want to do it all for their children are not, in my opinion.</font></strong> I think we have to find a balance between helping students become independent and helping them learn how to use the resources they arrive with, including support from their family. Sometimes it is a “helicopter” situation, like the one in the original post, or like the student I had two years ago who would call his mom, who was about 200 miles away, and have HER call me, even though he lived on campus and could have called me or even come by my office quite easily.

Involved and concerned parents are good. Parents who want to do it all for their children are not, in my opinion.

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