Auburn Recruitment Story

[DubaiSis]

I absolutely would NOT make any phone calls on your daughter's behalf. If she is not strong enough to handle this on her own, then she needs to deal with that before handling any further complications in her life. And that is well besides the fact that your daughter is now officially a grown up and this is not mommy territory.

I'd also try to relax. I know more than one college student has practically made sport of telling mommy how awful everything is and how she's crying all the time, when, while she might not be doing cartwheels down the dorm halls, she's fine. Now, this might not be your daughter's situation at all; I just wanted to put it out there as a possibility in case you're worrying yourself sick over nothing.

[AUmom2012]

"I absolutely would NOT make any phone calls on your daughter's behalf. If she is not strong enough to handle this on her own, then she needs to deal with that before handling any further complications in her life. And that is well besides the fact that your daughter is now officially a grown up and this is not mommy territory."


I didn't mean to call and give her SSN and Student ID, just call as a parent of a child at Auburn, just to set aside any questions that you might have, and I think as a 'mommy' if you wanted you certainly should. Anyway, I was only making a suggestion, knowing how much the other 'mommy' is hurting for her daughter right now.

[TNVol]

Originally Posted by AUmom2012

"I absolutely would NOT make any phone calls on your daughter's behalf. If she is not strong enough to handle this on her own, then she needs to deal with that before handling any further complications in her life. And that is well besides the fact that your daughter is now officially a grown up and this is not mommy territory."


I didn't mean to call and give her SSN and Student ID, just call as a parent of a child at Auburn, just to set aside any questions that you might have, and I think as a 'mommy' if you wanted you certainly should. Anyway, I was only making a suggestion, knowing how much the other 'mommy' is hurting for her daughter right now.

I'd make the call, in a generic way, as was suggested. If her daughter is tearful, the last thing she'd want to do is risk being told by Panhellenic that "you're too late" or "all groups doing COB have filled their spots", etc. Maybe it's the old journalist in me, but I'm all about gathering the facts and presenting them to her so she can make an informed decision and act on it. I'm not a helicopter mom by any means, but now is not the time to tell her she's on her own.

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by TNVol

I'd make the call, in a generic way, as was suggested. If her daughter is tearful, the last thing she'd want to do is risk being told by Panhellenic that "you're too late" or "all groups doing COB have filled their spots", etc. Maybe it's the old journalist in me, but I'm all about gathering the facts and presenting them to her so she can make an informed decision and act on it. I'm not a helicopter mom by any means, but now is not the time to tell her she's on her own.

I agree.

Hope these young women soon find their way despite a such a difficult beginning to their freshman year.