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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Professor here. [b]No, you should not be choosing your child's  courses, checking their grades or telling them what to major in. You don't  need to know that your daughter is taking comparative religion or queer studies as she works out her own adult value system if you will feel compelled to block these efforts. [/b]And no you shouldn't  be "advocating" for your child to have a do over on the final or insisting they didn't  plagiarize when they did. The dad who was so insistent  that the paper wasn't  plagiarized appeared to have written it himself![/quote]

You are entitled to this opinion when you are ready to pay for my child's education..  Until then, STFU and be happy you have tenure at an overpaid, relaxing job.[/quote]

But legally they are not children. You may regard them as so but legally they are not.[/quote]

This is correct.  You are gifting your child an education.  The arrangements you make between your adult child and you are not the business of the school.  You are welcome to insist that as part of your bargain, you need to have authority to sign off on all their classes (you shouldn't but you can).  The adult child is then free to tell you to go take a hike or to share their course selection with you each semester.  You are welcome to insist that you will not continue to pay for their education if they dont maintain xyz GPA.  You then ask them for proof in the form of some sort of doc from the University with their grades.  Fine.  Most of us manage this by having a good enough relationship with our kids not to make demands but to ask for info.  Most kids comply because they want to hear their parents thoughts and they know that Mom and Dad is footing the bill.  None of this has anything to do with FERPA.  Dont make the govt deal with your broken relationships and power plays.  [/quote]

True. But the FAFSA directly affects price of that gift,  the price to the student if there is no gift, thus affecting the student's financial independence.[/quote]

And if you don’t trust your kid to disclose the information you want, you should definitely not make that gift. [/quote]

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