11/18/09

The article "Colleges Ward off Over Involved Parents" is about how parents are not letting their children go. They are babying them and doing almost everything for them, such as filling out applications for them to attend the college without the adolescent even attending it with the parent. It also talks about how some colleges are actually having programs for the parents and teaching them how to let go and let the adolescent grow up. It talks about certain parents and children that are doing this at a specific college. The parents in this article are very involved with their child's life and are not willing to let go just yet. Schools are doing this because they want their students to be young adults and be responsible for their own actions and responsibilities. They are also doing this to help out the parents in letting their child grow up and responsible adults. They want the students to come to their class prepared and doing things how they do it, not how their parents want them too.

I believe schools are right for doing this because if they don't do it, who will? Students and young adults need to learn the fact that their parents will not always be there for their parents to baby them. It teaches the adolescents how to grow up and show that in college you will not be babied and will not always have someone holding your hand along the way. Students will benefit from this because it will allow them to grow up and be the young adults they should be. It benefits them in a number of ways, it helps them with learning the responsibilities of a young adult. I believe my parents will not act like this, even though my parents encourage me and love me, they will not act over involved because they know that sometimes students just need their space in order to learn responsibilities. In my opinion i think its a great idea for colleges to have this program for the parents, its much needed if they want their child to grow up to be responsible mature adults. In conclusion, parents are way too involved and need to back up in order for their child to be the person that their parents want them to be.