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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest child is only 8 but I would totally visit him once a month. I probably won't but I would. I don't think that is necessarily being a helicopter parent.

I don't think anything in your story sounds especially strange except the crashing the frat trip. That is absolutely ridiculous. I think it is fine for the parents to say no to paying for the actual frat trip though.

Are they from another culture?[/quote]

Visiting once a month for a 4 day weekend to your kid's college is pretty over the top....how does that give your kid time to settle in if on weekend number two of college you're there for the whole time? That seems really stifling to their friendships and I'm not sure about anyone else, but I certainly couldn't spend an entire 4 days entertaining my father every month, I needed to study and write papers.[/quote]

Ditto.  I went to college 3 hours away from home and my parents only came to visit if they were coming to see my music group perform or once when my dad was visiting the campus for a recruiting event.  Monthly visits are way over the top.  I don't know anyone who had a parent visit that often.[/quote]

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