Disclosing Income to Child ...

kelsmom
Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:50:19 +0000

My coworker ended her day today with a VERY irate parent who was completely incensed that she told the student that something submitted for verification was incomplete … and “neglected” to call the parent (who was on the FERPA release) or notate what was requested (each day we tell dozens of students what it is they need to complete their files - we don’t bother to note these casual discussions). The father told her over & over that “you can’t possibly expect an 18 year old to understand anything about this, much less be able to explain it to his parents.” She kept her cool, but she wanted so badly to shout YES I DO!!! If a student can’t do this, how is he going to navigate college classes … or the big, bad world?! Give the kid some responsibility & expect that he can rise to the occasion.