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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For decades the decision point for parents as to whether
kid is functioning at college has always been grades at
end of first semester.  Kid parties all semester, gets
poor grades, parents stop the money.  Kid returns to
town and gets a job at the local factory or working
construction.  No big deal.

Kid under performs. Stop the funding.  Parents have
been following this rule for 100 years of sending kids
to college and footing the bill.

Colleges do not have the manpower to police your
adult child's drinking.[/quote]

True.  And sometimes it's just time management - they are having fun socializing, staying up late playing video games, going places w/o having to check in with anyone......college has a lot of distractions and it's easy to get caught up in dating, going to the gym, intramural sports, clubs....especially if HS came extremely easy to them.  The rigors of college can come as a bit of a shock to them.

It's not always about drinking/drugging/having a mental health issue.  Sometimes it's just a matter of maturity and learning how to prioritize.  You can't expect a college to determine why a student isn't cutting it.  Whatever the issue may be, it's time for that young person to go home and figure out what exactly they want.[/quote]

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