<p>My kids refer to CC as “parents facebook”. 'Nuff said.</p>
<p>^^'Cause we are too lazy to get Facebook accounts. Actually, in my house, parents are prohibited from going on Facebook 
H got on Linkedin, and was scolded for violation of the rules. Ds are pretty vigilant!</p>
<p>I’m not an engineer but I’d think Georgia Tech, Clemson, and Virginia Tech should make your list based on your other choices. Depending on how that ACT comes out, who knows? Maybe some others pop up. </p>
<p>Oh, almost forgot your original query. </p>
<p>We came for the fear. We stay for the beer.</p>
<p>I am new here and I am hanging around because I have college age children and I always seem to be thinking/stumped about how to handle their issues. I figure on a college board parents forum I may learn something. </p>
<p>A cyber sounding board ?</p>
<p>Because if we can obsess about college with others on this forum then we won’t obsess about it with family/friends.</p>
<p>At least, that’s the theory.</p>
<p>I use cc as a parenting of teens forum as much as for college information, although I have learned a ton about that as well. Where else can you go for honest discussions about the issues surrounding computer game addictions, gambling, drinking, pot, study drugs, senior pranks, moodiness, allowances, fraternities, transfers, sophomore slump, and a million other subjects too numerous to mention. </p>
<p>I find I have better context to understand my own teens’ behaviors and hopefully can be a better parent as a result. Parents in the real world would rarely be open about most of the challenges facing their kids, and rightly so as it would be a violation of privacy. CC is like free group therapy for parents with a bunch of really smart, interesting people in the group.</p>
<p>I actually like to hear what most of these college kids have to say about all of this. Most of the time there are some great responses, sometimes the humor makes my day, sometimes I learn something and find it will help when my kids are looking, one is by the way. I have heard good advice here, I hope all the college kids and other kids out there don’t get turned off by us parents reading these because without their input, we just have another site from parents perspectives. And that was exactly why I came here.</p>
<p>We come here because we can.</p>
<p>My son has forbid me from posting on cc-but just this one more time!</p>
<p>“We came for the fear. We stay for the beer”</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>And, Bunsen, let’s not forget the skincare tips, along w/the gardening, remodeling et al.</p>
<p>Yeah, totally, Jolynne! Where else could I have learned about Bare Essentuals? That stuff rocks!</p>
<p>^^^ and where else could I learn about Toto toilets just in time for my bathroom remodel?</p>
<p>I’m staying and you can’t make me leave. Nah, nah, nah.</p>
<p>Um, why are parents on the ‘Parents Forum’? Sounds self explanatory to me.</p>
<p>In addition, it’s the most useful resource I’ve found for college info, health issues, moral support, travel tips, etc. </p>
<p>Also, it’s helped save my sanity-- several times I’ve sent out a desperate query in the middle of the night and gotten great responses from thousands of miles away…</p>
<p>Love post #30.</p>
<p>well, I got 10 slaps with a wet noodle from my daughter tonight for being weird and strange that I still come here. She made it sound like I’m pathetic; while I used to take the kidding in jest, I got firm tonight and told my D that I spend 95% of my time in the parent’s cafe and I didn’t appreciate her judging the kinds of discussions that went on without ever having read it. I asked her to leave it alone, that I find this site very constructive and resourceful and I don’t appreciate being labeled.</p>
<p>What have I gotten from CC? Travel tips, tax tips, granite countertop advice, landscaping/gardening suggestions, respectful political dialogue, discussion of current events, great music threads, etc. What other website can I go to have such a wide array of specialists?</p>
<p>Frankly, I suspect that most parents who continue to use CC after their kids are safely tucked away in college (or have even graduated college) is because they see it as an honor to be able to pay back all the wonderful and helpful advice they made use of when their own kids were going through the process. When we discover and are able to make use of the endless resources that are available here, it makes you want to give back - we all know that at this point in time, someone out there is going through pretty much exactly what we’ve been through a year ago, five years ago, ten years ago, and we can empathize. We remember the challenges of alphabet soup in deciphering applications, admissions and financial aid, and hope to soften that blow just a bit for rising college parents. For those reasons, we stick around.</p>
<p>Why? </p>
<p>At this hour all my IRL friends are asleep, on the East Coast anyways. </p>
<p>This is where I learned that IRL means “in real life.”</p>
<p>I come from a generation where I learned it was rude to phone anyone after 9:00 p.m., and 9:30 p.m. was really on the edge. The idea that we can “talk” with anyone at any hour is still simply amazing. I even think it’s cute when teens say “talk” when what they really mean is “type.” Heck, I’m still excited that “Al Gore invented the Internet!”</p>
<p>Now, reread the above paragraph. If I posted that on any forum with just young people, I’d be laughed off the forum, right? You’ve gotta understand that some of us parents are still working through our self-esteem issues.</p>
<p>All this typing is good for fighting off arthritis.</p>
<p>I have to do something while my H is bidding on Ebay, and my passion site is free.</p>
<p>*cross posted; Hi, Teriwtt! I liked your final paragraph, which is serious.</p>
<p>^^… And I have to do something while my H is “talking” with his Martians, er, I mean people inhabiting the NASA Mars lander forum.</p>
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teriwtt- you found respectful political dialogue? Where? Isn’t that an oxymoron? :)</p>
<p>terwtt - my kids don’t come here, but they appreciate that I do. I’ve shared tips gleaned from my invisible friends so often that my kids have been known to even ask me to solicit help or advice.</p>
<p>My kids - especially the younger two - have benefitted often from the advice of benevolent strangers. They know better than to squash a good thing. Besides CC keeps me out of their hair.</p>
<p>And you’re right - there is a feeling that I’ve benefitted so much that I owe a bit of pay-back for others just starting out - especially on the music forum.</p>
<p>That’s my reason, apart from my dire need for a life…</p>