Dumb down “struggle” and you dumb down a generation.

…And yet the colleges themselves have decided – like enablers — to keep this co-dependent relationship going. According to one parent, Ohio State sends home a “barrage” of emails, including instructions on how to delicately tell your kid that the deadline for finalizing their schedule is BARRELLING DOWN! You don’t have to say it that bluntly. “Parents might say, ‘Are you planning on adding or dropping a class?’” the newsletter suggests.

There’s even an association (of course there is) for college administrators in charge of parental communication. It had 49 institutional members in 2009. Now it has 230. Meanwhile, the number of parents interacting daily with their college kids grew from 37% last year to 44% this year.

Read more:

Skenazy, L. (2024, October 8). The Problem With Tracking Kids at College. Let Grow. https://letgrow.org/tracking-college-kids/