Newswise — Christine Schelhas-Miller, Cornell University senior lecturer in the College of Human Ecology and author of the newly revised book “Don’t Tell Me What To Do, Just Send Money,” provides tips for parents with children heading to college.
She says:
“Unlike a decade ago, parents and college students have contact with each other an average of 13 times a week using texting, Skype, Facebook and other social media. This is having both positive and negative effects.
“While increased contact often reflects better relationships between students and parents, it also provides parents the opportunity to manage their children’s day-to-day lives and can prevent their children from growing up.
“As a faculty member, parents call me when their children are dissatisfied with grades, and it’s become all too common to find parents editing students’ papers. My advice to parents is to change their roles from supervisors to consultants, or risk having children who graduate without the skills to make decisions, solve problems and take responsibility for their own lives.”
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