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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, college students can get into trouble. So can people at any age. The point is that you really have to stop trying to control them, and that means monitoring their behavior. If you play the helicopter mom role you will either (1) drive them away, so that if and when they really need your help they won't communicate with you. if they are doing something thats very unhealthy, such as addictive behaviors, they won't be posting that on twitter but if you pounce on every time they reference drinking, they will never come to you if they are having a problem. In other words, if you try to control their behavior at this age, you will fail. Or (2) Maybe you will succeed and will therefore infantalize them. Seriously, picture a college student saying "no, I can't do X because my mom will punish me." Do you want to be that mom and do you want to have that kid?[/quote]
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