I question it all the time. We see so many students with sometimes very serious mental health disorders. Mom and Dad drop them off at Orientation and wave good bye! Many times we (the university) are not even aware of their diagnosis until it becomes a crisis. Students who don’t leave their room for days at a time, binge drinking, drug OD, failing every class. They leave them with us, with no support system, no family or friends, an unfamiliar city, the stress of a full class load, peer pressure to go to parties, make friends, date, be popular, or be a sports star. It can be overwhelming. There are also students who are not dealing with metnal health issues but the pressure of college can be too much. Then there is the pressure parents put on their kids just boggles my mind. I’m working with a student who failed chem TWICE but her mother will not let her change her major from a pre-health care professional related field. This student is so stressed and so unhappy and with every failed test her self esteem gets lower and lower and lower.