I talk to a lot of parents who can track their teenagers on their phone. Some monitor their sleep or blood sugar from afar. I try to remain neutral about these choices, curious how parents think about their evolving responsibilities, as teenagers become adults. To get a sense of what parents are worried about these days, I’ve been creeping on some college parent Facebook groups. As soon as my parents dropped me off at college, they were officially in the dark. Facebook didn’t exist, although Zuckerberg was busy creating it on the other side of campus. In my recent Facebook lurking, here are some things parents of college students are asking: ... Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to The Anxious Overachiever to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. A subscription gets you:
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