Thread:User talk:WaitingforGodot/I can't think of a title/reply (14)

only in some ways. I no longer teach at Uni, but I have friends who stuck it out, and they say that while teens may be getting more mature faster, they don't actually figure out how to become independent adults.

That is, at Uni, parents call my friends to tell them they are grading wrong; the parents intervene in housing situations (I don't like my room mate, fix it); parents are their holding the hands of kids as they decide what classes to take; and they clean up the kid's messes.

School was never like that for us. (I was in college 84-2001). We dealt with our choices, tried our best - we did ask for advice, but not "help". parents never called the school to intervene, unless something extremely serious happened. (I heard of one professor who was molesting the girls, so that kind of thing, sure.)

so maybe they aren't allowed to be kid kids long enough, so when it's time to become adults, they aren't ready? or parents just coddle. not sure which.