<p>Tho’ not to the extent you describe, I definitely slant toward overprotective. Agree with above, if you are living on campus, limit the discussion to agreed-upon phone call check-in frequency and, depending on how close you live to school, what the expectation will be for visits home. My mantra throughout this whole past year was “He’s fine…he’s in his dorm room studying.” I know full well that was probably accurate about 35% of the time…which is exactly how it should be…but the visualization certainly helped on my end. Do your part - call when you say you’re going to call. Answer texts in a reasonable amount of time. But in general, it’s not your job to make sure your parents know and approve of every move/decision you make when you’re in college. </p>