Heather,
I think I can relate a bit to what you said. As an academic adviser, I am constantly having to deal with parents who phone me up on behalf of their students. Phoning in to ask a basic question for one's own understanding isn't so bad...but calling in more than once a day, at 30+ minutes each, to obsess over your son's class schedule is out of order. These women (and it's usually women) just can't let go and they want to do everything for their college-aged children.
I recently came across an internet forum for parents whose kids are leaving for college and I nearly gagged when I read some of the postings. One mom posted her worries about her daughter who was on academic probabtion and who had to make a visit the assistant dean. She posted to ask if perhaps she should be following up because she wasn't confident her daughter had written everything down. The people responding were like, "Oh, definitely, you should call the assistant dean and check on her status *everyday*. Make sure you ask the dean about her GPA and what she can do to improve it. If they don't give you the answers you want, keep calling."
I wanted to pull my hair out and kick some of these people. I'm sure they're well-meaning, but no...the dean does NOT want to hear from your mommy and it's ILLEGAL for the dean to break privacy laws regarding your GPA.
If some of those parents posted their ridiculousness on GC, I know they would get a quick lesson in, "Sit down, shut up and let your adult children take care of themselves." Sometimes GC is too harsh and sometimes it provides that awesome reality check.
.....Kelly
