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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents! You do NOT need access or even possess your child’s class syllabus!! Please-they need to manage it! [/quote]

Why do you care. I don't disagree with you but it doesn't harm me nor is it any of my business what other parents do. [/quote]

I largely agree with you, PP, but I also acknowledge that increasing numbers of students with LD and mental illness are entering schools. Many could benefit from some additional support in time management. Moreover, if parents are paying, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to ask for this info. If you were making monthly car payments for your young adult child, you’d want to know that the scheduled maintenance was taking place.[/quote]

-1.  Your kid is not a car. If they need EF help, most colleges have EF classes, LD centers coaches, etc. *F th ask for help* or are clearly drowning, it’s appropriate to sit down with them and help them find appropriate school resources. Or, if there are none, offer to pay for a private EF tutor. That’s it. College is the time when parents have to give up control and kids have to assume responsibility. They may start career appropriate internships in college and will need to graduate and do a job or attend grad school— without you. If your kid is really incapable of managing classes without mom and dad, then they need a gap year, with a job and parents backing of so they can learn these skills.

If you want to know what your kid is learning in class— ask them. And respect their boundaries in terms of the info they provide. [/quote]

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