Tell us it's not so. When I first drove myself to UT, my parents didn't even know where I was living. Months later, my mom cried when she saw the -- in her mind -- sh_thole house in west campus without a front door that I'd chosen to live in with a bunch of other reprobates. (She refused to come inside the place, and I don't blame her.) And now I see this kind of BS on Axios. W . . . T . . . F . . . H?
Many first-year college students from different states, backgrounds and majors have one thing in common: stressed-out parents struggling with the separation, Axios' Erica Pandey writes.
Why it matters: Parents have grown more involved in, and more anxious about, their kids' lives. That's changing the experience of going to college — and growing up.
They're using tech to track their kids, micromanaging orientation week and even having dorm sleepovers.
