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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College prof here --- Parents who help with college papers are preventing their kids from learning.  Parents who contact professors or administrators on their child's behalf get a reputation as nutbags.  When we have to write a letter of recommendation for your child for grad school or a job, we are not inclined to describe them as mature, self-starters, energetic go-getters, etc.[/quote]

I have no problem with parents making sure that the college and professors are providing their child with a high-quality education, especially since they are paying for it, in many cases! You wouldn't say the same about a shareholder checking in on a business that they've invested in, would you?[/quote]

For how long are you going to infantalize your child? You aren't a shareholder. You aren't even the student. You are the parent of the student. And if the price of you paying tuition is that he has to put up with his mom getting in the face of professors and administrators, the poor kid would be better off cutting his ties and getting financial aid.[/quote]

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