My parents didn't even move me in. My brother did! (After the twelve-hour drive, he unloaded the car, looked at me and said, "Don't fail out!" before he drove away.
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And this was in 1997.
One of my roommates in college called her mother three or four times a day. I called my mother once every two weeks or so, only b/c she would get mad and flip out if I never called her.
This article just reiterates my belief that kids today are way overprotected. This is definitely something we as Greeks have to deal with.