<p>Thanks for sharing your story, calmom. I suspect there are many more like yours. Hope all turns/turned out well in the end for your son.</p>
<p>I also suspect this sort of thing–students keeping parents in the dark–is more prevalent for sons than daughters. It’s a male thing–not admitting that you might be in trouble and asking for help when you should–the very same gene that keeps us from stopping and asking strangers for directions when we’re lost.</p>