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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At LACs, professors do this sometimes.  [/quote]
Professors will reach out to parents of adult children to say, "Your kid skipped class"?  Wow, that's some handholding there.

Your peers/managers at work will get concerned if you don't show up to work without any explanation because you are paid to show up to work or you get fired.

If an adult doesn't show up to a class that they paid for, they don't get kicked out of school for it.

If you are concerned about your adult child at college you can call the college and ask them to do a welfare check.

If you are concern is that your adult child is just skipping class because they don't feel like going, that's your kid's issue, not the school's.[/quote]

Not the PP, but some smaller schools have a system where if anyone (professors, RAs, other students) are concerned about a student, they can alert a particular dean, who will follow up with the student. Missing large numbers of class or failing to hand in assignments was listed as things that could trigger this alert system. Calling parents is certainly not the first thing they do, but it might happen under certain circumstances. There's a lot between doing nothing and calling parents.

My child has a history of mental illness, so having eyes on her is a criteria as we look at schools. I'm happy for you that you don't need to consider it.[/quote]
If your child has mental health issues, I would imagine that yes, of course, these types of things would be high on your list.

My kid has anxiety, and I've been having discussions with them about not going too far from school.  My other kid doesn't, and I had no concerns about whatever school they chose.

Does OP's kid have mental health issues?  Judging by OP's post, that doesn't seem to be the case. They are just mad that their kid had been skipping class and the professor didn't tell the parent.[/quote]

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