The Washington Post – Jay Mathews
“Andrea Rosenthal has a son at a university. She’s a supportive and experienced mom, no more than that. She rejects any suggestion that she’s a helicopter parent, a negative label for people who go too far to help their kids. But the mother from Fairfax County, Va., also knows a great deal about higher education, and thinks college parents should not cut themselves off from what is happening. The advice she has been giving online to parents at the university her son attends is so good I want to share it, because it shows how parents can help their kids without overdoing it.” (more)