My S's roommate is Pigpen

Northstarmom
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:34:14 +0000

"Three weeks into this semester, I received a call from D’s roommate’s MOTHER. The mother called to tell me that “we have a problem”. Her daughter “could not take it anymore”-seems our D stayed up late to study, kept her D awake and was not as neat. While I was inclined to agree with roommate’s mom about some of her D’s concerns, I was stunned that I was hearing from D;s roommates mother. This mom has also been to talk with the RA during parent’s weekend. "

Pat on the back to you for gracefully handling a difficult situation.

If I’d gotten that kind of call, I doubt that I would have been able to be as tactful as you were to that mom who seems to be the epitome of a helicopter parent.