Parents and school tours

LCatherineG
Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:12:36 +0000

Hello from a second year college student.

I went on a transfer tour this summer and literally wanted to vomit at all the overprotective parenting happening on the tour. I just want to know what you think (not parents - literally do not care what parents think about this).

Parents aren’t the ones going to college, it’s the kids that are. But on this tour no kid said a word it was just the parents asking about majors and classes. Children - when you get to school your overprotective parent will not be there to hold your hand while you sit back and relax. Parents - are you paying for school? Sometimes but if so you are doing it because you want to do it. Paying for your kids school does not give you the right to influence their decision.

I just think that parents should not be allowed to tours anymore and that tours and info sessions for parents and students should be 100% seperate. Ya parents should be able to visit and ask questions but to me it seems like when I see this the kid isn’t getting a chance to feel out the enviorment properly. I never did tours with family first time around and I’m not doing them again this time. Parents should never influence their child’s decision…it isn’t theirs to make.

Basically parents are so insanely overprotective and I am expressing my thoughts here. Does anybody else get irritated when parents take over the tours?