FORMER Residence Director at a college: US Law helps with this. I would get dozens of phone calls about how little Johnny or Little Jenny are doing. They wante

FORMER Residence Director at a college: US Law helps with this. I would get dozens of phone calls about how little Johnny or Little Jenny are doing. They wanted the numbers I would then tell them it violated US Law for me to tell them, unless in some circumstances. They never asked what those circumstances were, which were they your dependent :) The sad thing is the helicoptered kids don't know how to make decisions for themselves and so they go to town because they never got to learn self-discipline or consequences to making the lazy choice. Teach your kids self-discipline and learn the consequences and rewards for their decisions. To many parents try to take away the consequences or shorten them.