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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone said, you parent to the child you have.  If the child has a learning disability or other challenge you provide more support and structure.  However, many parents do not face that problem and want to over engineer the lives of their kids.  Instead of the kid figuring things out, the parent does it for them or provides a resource.

Until recently, my wife used to be head of hiring in the tech space.  Many of the spots were for recent graduates.  Several times a year, she would receive an email or call from a parent wanting to understand why their child was not hired.[/quote]

that sounds a lot different than, say, reading your kids essay for typos.[/quote]

+1 there is a spectrum of support. Yes, you can go overboard. But, I don't understand parents who say they had no involvement at all. You didn't even talk with them about the process, what they were looking for, what they value? You don't want to know what they are writing about? Writing that uniquely pushes them to think about important experiences and aspirations? [b]What a missed opportunity for your relationship with them[/b].[/quote]

Don’t worry. We’ll live.  :roll: [/quote]

DP: Why are you posting on a parents' college forum then? Really? [/quote]

Because I’m a parent to a college bound senior?  If that’s not the answer you’re looking for I’m afraid I don’t understand your question. [/quote]

Well if you are 100% hands-off on their applications, it seems like unnecessary energy to be reading and writing all of this.[/quote]

I had no idea that if you are hands off on college applications you must not post on DCUM about it. Learn something new every day. Thank you so much![/quote]

I had no idea that asking someone why if they are so hands-off about college they find interest in this forum is telling them that they must not post.  Learn something new every day!  [/quote]

Don’t think that landed as well as you hoped. Maybe I f you put as much effort into your responses as you did into your kids college apps, you could do better!  I’m here, cheering you on![/quote]

Huh?[/quote]

Translation: your attempt at a witty comeback fell flat. Sorry. [/quote]

Ok, I'm starting to think it is a very good thing that you are not helping your child with their applications.  [/quote]

And I’m still trying to figure out why the hell you are on this thread. [/quote]

Honestly, it was funny to me that someone who is hanging out on a college forum started a thread about being "chill."  [/quote]

Oh thank god you were just being a trolling a$$hole. I totally thought you were serious!  Whew!  Close one. [/quote]

I never thought I was trolling.  I asked one post of "why are you on a DCUM college forum then" and actually my question was honest--if you are really all that hands-off and chill, DCUM college forum doesn't have information you need [b]nor a community of like-minded people.[/b]  There are other places to find your people that aren't anonymous.  But someone ==you?--responded like that question was just so out of the pale and then got all weirdly defensive.[/quote]

Sure it does. There are plenty of like minded responses. [/quote]

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