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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At DC's school where they are an RA, they are instructed to NEVER provide their phone numbers to parents. DC learned why when during freshman move in a mom asked if they could text DC if their child did not wake up in time for their classes. There are parents who take it to another level. [/quote]

That reminds me of my DD’s freshman year. Her roommate was Indian, like from India where her parents lived multiple time zones away. Numbers were exchanged in case of an emergency meaning we had the roommate’s number and her parents had our DD’s number.

One afternoon, dd was sleeping late and awakened by the roommate’s mother calling her frantically from India. She had been trying to call her daughter because she wasn’t showing up on Live360 as being in the chemistry building and that she must’ve overslept. My kid kindly let the mother know that it was a holiday that day and there were no classes.

Her roommate was mortified. She had turned off her phone. Apologized profusely. It never happened again. They’re all seniors now and still good friends. [/quote]

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