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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The annoying part about the parent page I’m on is how so many have not read any of the material from the school and just come to the FB page asking what is already available to them. The kids are beginning to get firm by saying look at the resource (it’s called different things at different schools obviously). Or parents who just now are trying to figure out how to get their student to/from the school because it’s not near a major transportation hub and are SHOCKED that this is handled by the school. [/quote]

This. My kid's parents page at the beginning of each year is filled with the ridiculous then by mid year has more useful info. People constantly reposted the link to the same document about the move in process or the calendar before the fall term began. The schedule for the semesters was always a surprise to some parents and there was a link on the main page of the college FB page. Despite this, there were more good than bad.

There were too many posts from moms who wanted to show off pictures of their daughters that seemed inappropriate. I think some of those were fake posts they were so extreme.

My kid's college is huge and the parents fb page also has a huge number of people following it. The amount of very private information many of the parents shared, which often included their kids names and where they lived, was a bit of a shock. No one should be sharing specific medical diagnoses and medicines a kid is taking in a group that has so many members.

It was great for rallying help for a kid who was stuck. For kids who were having a hard time finding friends, parents found ways to help and some got their kids to stop by an visit the lonely.  It was heartening to see how so many local families would help a kid in distress or for a kid who had problems getting to a doctor or to the airport when their own parents couldn't be there. Overall, it was a great group.

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