Is helicoptering making kids less able to socially adapt to new situations?

[IUHoosiergirl88]

So I'm a cross-poster here and on College Confidential (hereafter referred to as CC) and have noticed some pretty common themes across both boards: kids have having a really difficult time adapting socially to college...and it doesn't seem like just freshmen either. I'm not just talking 1-2 people, I'm talking 11 posts on the first 2 pages of the 'college' threads. I see a lot of kids over on that board saying 'I don't talk to my roommate or have any friends or whatever, maybe I should join a fraternity/sorority' and then not understanding why they don't find success. I'm all for joining Greek life to expand your social horizons, but I'm not all for thinking it is a panacea

I don't really feel like this was a problem when I was a college student (2007-2011), but helicopter parents didn't seem to be as big of a problem then either. I'm wondering what you guys think about this and if you think helicopter parenting might be to blame. My dad never let me whine about not having friends, I was told to go do something about it...not something you see a lot with the helicopter generation.

I thought this could be an interesting discussion that's different from the helicopter parenting thread from awhile back...the impact on the poor kids!