Quote Originally Posted by Irulan View Post
LOL they have seminars at universities now for parents on how to de-helicopter. No sh*t. The parents attend their own orientation while the kids go to theirs.
Yep. The professor who teaches general chemistry does parent orientation sessions during the university's student orientation sessions. It's actually kind of depressing to watch. He'd go over what they'd be covering the first semester (why do they need to know that?), how the students could contact him, and then tell them that no, he couldn't legally tell them the kid's grades or whether they were attending class.

(I know this because I volunteered for two years to help out with the fun demonstrations he did.)

Mine were good at not being helicopter parents. They were involved, but never hovered.