College parent FB pages 10% useful 90% Cray Cray

[Anonymous]

After over a year on our incoming sophomore’s college parent FB page, we realized early on the usefulness of such pages. While it was helpful to find recommended hotels, restaurants and the many local parents willing to help our kid in a pinch until we might have needed to get there, we found most posts are those of lawn mowing parents looking to get every obstacle out of the way of their pure sugar spun adults.

Now we look on with amusement of those who share every pulled fire alarm to the parent who is taking every possible measurement of the sample dorm room to build headboards and desk cubbies which will end in the dumpster at the end of freshman year based on what we saw at move out.

Parents were shocked I tell you no service came in to clean weekly or so their kids laundry. My kid is no angel and learned from her experience and is far from perfect, but reading some of these parents I feel for their kids first time away.

[Anonymous]

How about those parents who stay on the college FB page years after their kid/s graduated? My sister is on her kids' high school and college FB pages and I just think she needs to get a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After over a year on our incoming sophomore’s college parent FB page, we realized early on the usefulness of such pages. While it was helpful to find recommended hotels, restaurants and the many local parents willing to help our kid in a pinch until we might have needed to get there, we found most posts are those of lawn mowing parents looking to get every obstacle out of the way of their pure sugar spun adults.

Now we look on with amusement of those who share every pulled fire alarm to the parent who is taking every possible measurement of the sample dorm room to build headboards and desk cubbies which will end in the dumpster at the end of freshman year based on what we saw at move out.

Parents were shocked I tell you no service came in to clean weekly or so their kids laundry. My kid is no angel and learned from her experience and is far from perfect, but reading some of these parents I feel for their kids first time away.

One of my favorites was the parent asking if getting a Dyson Vacuum ($800+) was worth it for their snowflake! As if any college student actually uses a vacuum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about those parents who stay on the college FB page years after their kid/s graduated? My sister is on her kids' high school and college FB pages and I just think she needs to get a life.

I’ve talked to other parents of kids at other universities and they say the Cray Cray is not just at her university.

How about the parents who talk about Our class load and our dorm and our apartment. Who is the one going to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After over a year on our incoming sophomore’s college parent FB page, we realized early on the usefulness of such pages. While it was helpful to find recommended hotels, restaurants and the many local parents willing to help our kid in a pinch until we might have needed to get there, we found most posts are those of lawn mowing parents looking to get every obstacle out of the way of their pure sugar spun adults.

Now we look on with amusement of those who share every pulled fire alarm to the parent who is taking every possible measurement of the sample dorm room to build headboards and desk cubbies which will end in the dumpster at the end of freshman year based on what we saw at move out.

Parents were shocked I tell you no service came in to clean weekly or so their kids laundry. My kid is no angel and learned from her experience and is far from perfect, but reading some of these parents I feel for their kids first time away.

One of my favorites was the parent asking if getting a Dyson Vacuum ($800+) was worth it for their snowflake! As if any college student actually uses a vacuum.

Mine does but we got a 15 dirt devil stick vac which died almost immediately. We are watching target for sales on a shark pet and long hair vac for her apartment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about those parents who stay on the college FB page years after their kid/s graduated? My sister is on her kids' high school and college FB pages and I just think she needs to get a life.

I stayed on my dc's college FB page because dc remained in town for several years after graduation. I found it useful to stay on the page because it had some helpful information about storage facilities, physicians, apartments - that sort of thing. But yes, after dc left town, I removed myself from the page. I found the page to be about 10% helpful tips, 5% about the marching band (which didn't interest me, but at least it was positive), 5% other positive things or events, and 80% complaints.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After over a year on our incoming sophomore’s college parent FB page, we realized early on the usefulness of such pages. While it was helpful to find recommended hotels, restaurants and the many local parents willing to help our kid in a pinch until we might have needed to get there, we found most posts are those of lawn mowing parents looking to get every obstacle out of the way of their pure sugar spun adults.

Now we look on with amusement of those who share every pulled fire alarm to the parent who is taking every possible measurement of the sample dorm room to build headboards and desk cubbies which will end in the dumpster at the end of freshman year based on what we saw at move out.

Parents were shocked I tell you no service came in to clean weekly or so their kids laundry. My kid is no angel and learned from her experience and is far from perfect, but reading some of these parents I feel for their kids first time away.

One of my favorites was the parent asking if getting a Dyson Vacuum ($800+) was worth it for their snowflake! As if any college student actually uses a vacuum.

Mine does but we got a 15 dirt devil stick vac which died almost immediately. We are watching target for sales on a shark pet and long hair vac for her apartment.

Then your kid certainly needs a slightly better quality one

the Dyson comment was from the same parent who a week early asked about laundry service and hiring a cleaning service for their kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After over a year on our incoming sophomore’s college parent FB page, we realized early on the usefulness of such pages. While it was helpful to find recommended hotels, restaurants and the many local parents willing to help our kid in a pinch until we might have needed to get there, we found most posts are those of lawn mowing parents looking to get every obstacle out of the way of their pure sugar spun adults.

Now we look on with amusement of those who share every pulled fire alarm to the parent who is taking every possible measurement of the sample dorm room to build headboards and desk cubbies which will end in the dumpster at the end of freshman year based on what we saw at move out.

Parents were shocked I tell you no service came in to clean weekly or so their kids laundry. My kid is no angel and learned from her experience and is far from perfect, but reading some of these parents I feel for their kids first time away.

One of my favorites was the parent asking if getting a Dyson Vacuum ($800+) was worth it for their snowflake! As if any college student actually uses a vacuum.

After it clogged her roommate said they needed to all go in and buy a new one. My kid said no I supplied the first one and y’all can pitch in for the next one. It never ever got replaced!!!
Mine does but we got a 15 dirt devil stick vac which died almost immediately. We are watching target for sales on a shark pet and long hair vac for her apartment.

Then your kid certainly needs a slightly better quality one

the Dyson comment was from the same parent who a week early asked about laundry service and hiring a cleaning service for their kid.

[Anonymous]

The annoying part about the parent page I’m on is how so many have not read any of the material from the school and just come to the FB page asking what is already available to them. The kids are beginning to get firm by saying look at the resource (it’s called different things at different schools obviously). Or parents who just now are trying to figure out how to get their student to/from the school because it’s not near a major transportation hub and are SHOCKED that this is handled by the school.

[Anonymous]

I meant mods not kids, the mods are getting firm

[Anonymous]

Parent of a kid who just finished freshman year. Ignore the FB posts about tricking out the dorm room. DD asked me to take stuff back after about a month and to stop sending care packages because her room was tiny and they had no space. All she really needed was the basics for a bed, desk, clothing, Brita water pitcher and access to food (meal plan was terrible, so she supplemented with Uber eats a few times a week). Anything else not only wasn’t necessary, but became an annoyance and distraction when she was trying to study and live with a roommate in a tiny space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The annoying part about the parent page I’m on is how so many have not read any of the material from the school and just come to the FB page asking what is already available to them. The kids are beginning to get firm by saying look at the resource (it’s called different things at different schools obviously). Or parents who just now are trying to figure out how to get their student to/from the school because it’s not near a major transportation hub and are SHOCKED that this is handled by the school.

Yes!! Apparently many parents are not capable of doing a quick google search. Or capable of searching the Parents Page for previous threads that would answer 99% of their questions . Or the parents who aren't aware that kids must live on campus for 2 years (at my kid's university). Don't get how you could commit to a school and not understand that (and it was not first gen parents---that I get, that first gen are learning so much of the process as they go along that they might miss some stuff because the process can be overwhelming---these are parents who both have college degrees).

Or the parents who complain the university should be doing more to keep the kids safe. My kid attended a Jesuit university, and most are located in the neighborhoods nearest the "not nicest areas of a city". Then parents complain about "how dangerous the surrounding areas are". When really, the university cannot be responsible for crime that happens over 1 mile from campus, it's out of their jurisdiction---they have no control over those areas. Yet parents complain constantly.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I wonder if I'm just to disconnected from my kid's college. I literally have no idea about anything nor have I sought it out. He just finished freshman year. I did a quick Google search around May 1 to find out what day moving out day was, emailed the kid to find out what day and time worked best for him and showed up. I have literally not interacted with anything to do with his college other than that all year. Am I missing something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I wonder if I'm just to disconnected from my kid's college. I literally have no idea about anything nor have I sought it out. He just finished freshman year. I did a quick Google search around May 1 to find out what day moving out day was, emailed the kid to find out what day and time worked best for him and showed up. I have literally not interacted with anything to do with his college other than that all year. Am I missing something?

You are fine.

Don't get sucked it. It is DCUM level of addictiveness!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parent of a kid who just finished freshman year. Ignore the FB posts about tricking out the dorm room. DD asked me to take stuff back after about a month and to stop sending care packages because her room was tiny and they had no space. All she really needed was the basics for a bed, desk, clothing, Brita water pitcher and access to food (meal plan was terrible, so she supplemented with Uber eats a few times a week). Anything else not only wasn’t necessary, but became an annoyance and distraction when she was trying to study and live with a roommate in a tiny space.

I don’t understand how this was news to you unless you never lived in a dorm.