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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone else struck by this thread about a seemingly well-adjusted Penn freshman taking her life and the 2 parallel threads about "disappointed by list of colleges where kids are going" and "silly helicopter parents going to orientation at kids' college". I don't have the answer but I did have the shock of my life by a phone call with my freshman DS when I started to fear he was "at risk."  We took a few immediate steps and he just graduated with honors. So it all turned out fine, and who knows if it would have been fine without our intervention. The whole thing was so out of character for him and still haunts me a bit. [/quote]

The thing is, there's a large area between helicoptering and abandoning your kid at orientation. You've painted the extreme poles, but that's not helpful or conducive to discussion.

Instead, many on that thread, including me, posted to say that we don't hover. But we do phone or Skype once a week, and we text multiple times a week.[/quote]
Glad to hear that my personal experience is of no help to you. I found it to be exactly relevant to the discussion. But since you skype and text (which we do too), I'm sure nothing scary will ever happen to you or your kids. Must feel good to have it all figured out. [/quote]

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