College "Moms" Service Provider

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking for a local mom or sitter in the area to check in on my kid periodically, home cooked goodies for exams, bring medicine when sick etc.
Where can I find something like MindyKNOWS for Cornell?
https://mindyknows.com/

Should I post on a local site?

Cost is not an issue. Happy to pay a monthly fee.

Btw, I think this is a huge business opportunity....

"Business opportunity"??? Holy crap. Y'all don't even see what you are doing to your kids. Just stop. Repeat after me: College is a time to LEARN and GROW. What are you going to do when they get to their workplace? Hand deliver their lunch? Do their job for them? Listen to yourselves.

Wait till you find out that VPS and CEOs at the workplace have "girls" to take care of their needs.

Are you writing from 1935? In our business, we get our own stuff done, because modern technology. Same reason why the old lawyers have secretaries and the new lawyers do not, for the most part. You are living in the dark ages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:19-going-on-9.

Put your kid in the military and GROW UP.

Beautiful to see this comment right after the comment explaining that the military alert provides this service.

Regular college kids are not subjected to the super intense, stressful process that academy freshmen endure. It’s appropriate for supporting the academy kids going through a unique experience. Not appropriate for your typical freshmen at a regular college.

+1. So dense.

[Anonymous]

There will never be another Greatest Generation.

Snowflakes abound.

[Anonymous]

My DS is a freshman and this weekend he told me how surprised he was that his classmates were so helpless. He actually thanked me for teaching him how to take care of himself. His roommates send out their clothes to be laundered because they don't know how to use the washers/dryers. He thought they were kidding and the offered to show them but nope.

One of them lost his room key and was pissed that my DS wouldn't come from his off campus job to let him in. My DS told him to call campus security and then sent him their phone number but the kid sat there for 4+ hrs until my DS got off of work.

Another roommate needed to have his cast removed. His mom made him an appointment to have it removed but he didn't want to take an Uber alone. He was pissed that my DS would rather go to class than accompany him in an Uber to the appointment.

The stories he tells me are crazy but true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:19-going-on-9.

Put your kid in the military and GROW UP.

Beautiful to see this comment right after the comment explaining that the military alert provides this service.

Only at the academies.

They have host families but it's not for this reason. Its because many cannot go home over the holidays and its go give them a place to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of talk about overnighting items via Amazon. This is not a thing on most campuses. The mail facilities are overloaded and it often takes kids days/weeks to get their shipped items.

Just about to make this observation. We’ve had only mixed success ordering via Amazon and sending care packages via the mailroom. Half the time, the Amazon stuff gets returned. The school discourages food packages. You’re supposed to label them as such and they toss them if the student doesn’t pick them up immediately. In any case, if a kid is sick, they’re unlikely to want to walk across campus and wait in line for mail. It’s not easy to get stuff delivered to a dorm, other than maybe Grubhub. The “Moms for hire” at my kid’s school mostly do deliveries for birthdays and such, which is what I’ve used them for, and it’s a nice service (I’ve also tried Tiff’s Treats, etc). I have heard of parents having them deliver chicken soup and meds to sick kids, and I don’t see the problem with it? If a kid is sick and a long way from home, I don’t see what’s wrong with a parent sending something comforting. You’re not paying them to helicopter your kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of talk about overnighting items via Amazon. This is not a thing on most campuses. The mail facilities are overloaded and it often takes kids days/weeks to get their shipped items.

Just about to make this observation. We’ve had only mixed success ordering via Amazon and sending care packages via the mailroom. Half the time, the Amazon stuff gets returned. The school discourages food packages. You’re supposed to label them as such and they toss them if the student doesn’t pick them up immediately. In any case, if a kid is sick, they’re unlikely to want to walk across campus and wait in line for mail. It’s not easy to get stuff delivered to a dorm, other than maybe Grubhub. The “Moms for hire” at my kid’s school mostly do deliveries for birthdays and such, which is what I’ve used them for, and it’s a nice service (I’ve also tried Tiff’s Treats, etc). I have heard of parents having them deliver chicken soup and meds to sick kids, and I don’t see the problem with it? If a kid is sick and a long way from home, I don’t see what’s wrong with a parent sending something comforting. You’re not paying them to helicopter your kid.

Do you hear how stupid this sounds? It’s too much to walk across campus and wait in a line?!?! Life will never be so easily laid out for you as it is on a college campus. It is really not that hard to take care of yourself if sick. Maybe if your leg is literally broken, different sorry. But people are talking about flus and normal stuff like that.

[Anonymous]

^^^ different *story

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS is a freshman and this weekend he told me how surprised he was that his classmates were so helpless. He actually thanked me for teaching him how to take care of himself. His roommates send out their clothes to be laundered because they don't know how to use the washers/dryers. He thought they were kidding and the offered to show them but nope.

One of them lost his room key and was pissed that my DS wouldn't come from his off campus job to let him in. My DS told him to call campus security and then sent him their phone number but the kid sat there for 4+ hrs until my DS got off of work.

Another roommate needed to have his cast removed. His mom made him an appointment to have it removed but he didn't want to take an Uber alone. He was pissed that my DS would rather go to class than accompany him in an Uber to the appointment.

The stories he tells me are crazy but true.

Yeah, I believe you, but your kid’s friends are unusually helpless. My kid goes to a school that’s pretty notorious for being a place for spoiled rich kids, and they’re more competent than this.

[Anonymous]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/02/28/concierge-mom-parenting-college-students/72749104007/

[Anonymous]

Oops, the USA Today story is about this exact service/issue.

[Anonymous]

Why would you send your kid with enough meds and tissues to get them through a cold. Walmart delivery might work. Or Amazon fresh or a grocery store.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of talk about overnighting items via Amazon. This is not a thing on most campuses. The mail facilities are overloaded and it often takes kids days/weeks to get their shipped items.

Just about to make this observation. We’ve had only mixed success ordering via Amazon and sending care packages via the mailroom. Half the time, the Amazon stuff gets returned. The school discourages food packages. You’re supposed to label them as such and they toss them if the student doesn’t pick them up immediately. In any case, if a kid is sick, they’re unlikely to want to walk across campus and wait in line for mail. It’s not easy to get stuff delivered to a dorm, other than maybe Grubhub. The “Moms for hire” at my kid’s school mostly do deliveries for birthdays and such, which is what I’ve used them for, and it’s a nice service (I’ve also tried Tiff’s Treats, etc). I have heard of parents having them deliver chicken soup and meds to sick kids, and I don’t see the problem with it? If a kid is sick and a long way from home, I don’t see what’s wrong with a parent sending something comforting. You’re not paying them to helicopter your kid.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of talk about overnighting items via Amazon. This is not a thing on most campuses. The mail facilities are overloaded and it often takes kids days/weeks to get their shipped items.

Just about to make this observation. We’ve had only mixed success ordering via Amazon and sending care packages via the mailroom. Half the time, the Amazon stuff gets returned. The school discourages food packages. You’re supposed to label them as such and they toss them if the student doesn’t pick them up immediately. In any case, if a kid is sick, they’re unlikely to want to walk across campus and wait in line for mail. It’s not easy to get stuff delivered to a dorm, other than maybe Grubhub. The “Moms for hire” at my kid’s school mostly do deliveries for birthdays and such, which is what I’ve used them for, and it’s a nice service (I’ve also tried Tiff’s Treats, etc). I have heard of parents having them deliver chicken soup and meds to sick kids, and I don’t see the problem with it? If a kid is sick and a long way from home, I don’t see what’s wrong with a parent sending something comforting. You’re not paying them to helicopter your kid.

Do you hear how stupid this sounds? It’s too much to walk across campus and wait in a line?!?! Life will never be so easily laid out for you as it is on a college campus. It is really not that hard to take care of yourself if sick. Maybe if your leg is literally broken, different sorry. But people are talking about flus and normal stuff like that.

Do you hear how stupid you sound? Using a service like Amazon is 100 times easier if you’re in a house or an apartment that has a desk that will accept packages vs. using a central college mail room. If I order from Amazon, the package will arrive at the mailroom in 2-3 days, at best. The mailroom will take at least another day to process the package and send an email to my kid that the package has arrived, if this doesn’t happen to be the 50%+ of the time that the package gets sent back as undeliverable (this seems to happen when they’re overloaded with packages. There’s an Amazon locker off campus, but it rarely has available capacity, so it’s not any more reliable). If the email from the mail room comes through in the late afternoon, kid won’t be able to get it until the next day. If it’s food, the mailroom will toss the package if it’s not picked up immediately. So, if you happen to hit the lotto and the package actually gets through, 5 days have passed. If it’s a package sent via USPS, add another day or two. The result is that my kid no longer needs what I sent. *OR* I could just pay a small fee for to someone to take it to the dorm immediately.

Not to mention, yes, I can make my sick kid can walk across campus and pick up a package, but I’m not really doing him a favor, if I do that, am I?

I do wonder how many of you who are complaining about this use delivery services for groceries and food? Especially when you’re sick? Do you take care of your spouse when they’re ill?

It’s one thing to prevent your child from learning to do important things for themselves, it’s another to do something comforting for a homesick kid who has the flu.

FWIW, I’ve only used these services for birthday deliveries, but I really do question the parenting instincts of those who think it’s somehow character building to be sick and lonely and have to fend for yourself. It’s not a contest to see how little support you can provide for your kid after they go to college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you send your kid with enough meds and tissues to get them through a cold. Walmart delivery might work. Or Amazon fresh or a grocery store.

A lot of the stuff doesn’t even get to the kid in a timely fashion. Sure if you can wait a couple of days or a week.