Search Results for “adulting” – The College Fix

Moms arrange playdates for their college kids on Facebook, WhatsApp: report

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 05:42:33 +0000

Some moms are taking helicopter parenting to a whole new level. A new report in New York magazine describes how some moms arrange playdates for their college kids on social media apps such as Facebook and WhatsApp. It’s a trend that’s an outgrowth of groups created for parents of students at various universities: “Some groups are schoolwide, while others are specific to a cohort — graduating…

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‘Adulting 101’ offered at Michigan State University

Katlyn Renye - East Tennessee State University — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 05:01:24 +0000

Classes ‘demystify the obscure reality of being an ‘adult’ through engaging educational sessions’ Michigan State University’s Extension school offers free guidance to young people who need help with the basics of growing up. “Michigan State University Extension’s Adulting 101 programs help high school students demystify the obscure reality of being an ‘adult’ through engaging educational…

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Civil rights lawyer says he would trade bureaucracy for tuition cuts at Harvard

Maggie Kelly - Assistant Editor — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 05:02:19 +0000

If elected he’ll dismiss nine out of 10 administrators, he said Harvey Silverglate, a criminal defense and civil liberties litigator and co-founder of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, is a sharp critic of college administrative overgrowth. He’s running for the Harvard Board of Overseers, an influential governing body whose members are elected by alumni.

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Administrators are not your parents

Maggie Kelly - Assistant Editor — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:00:52 +0000

UPDATED Students should master basic skills before they take on college life A growing number of college students rely on administrators to spare them some of the challenges of living on their own. But students are adults, and they should learn lessons in basic self-management and virtue before they take on the freedom and responsibility of a demanding and often costly college education.

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Libertarian sci-fi author predicted current progressive-induced cultural failures over 60 years ago

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 04:33:31 +0000

Way back in 1959 legendary science fiction author and political libertarian Robert Heinlein was quite clairvoyant in predicting the demise of our culture due to misguided progressive policies and beliefs. You may have seen the popular film Starship Troopers, but unfortunately director Paul Verhoeven virtually completely ignored the very foundation of the novel, not to mention much of its…

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How the coronavirus lockdown helped me bond with my 12-year-old daughter

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 04:42:58 +0000

My family lives in California, which means we’re on lockdown. Technically we are not supposed to go anywhere unless it’s for an essential service. With my Marine son stationed outside the U.S. it’s just my husband, daughter and I in the house, and we’ve had plenty of time to bond over the last few weeks. Truth be told, it hasn’t been all that bad. For one, I’ve had the chance to do a few…

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Kansas State ‘adulting’ courses teach students basic life skills. Few are attending.

Alexander Pease - UMass Boston — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:02:39 +0000

Four people showed up for ‘Healthy Housing’ As students spend much of their young lives working to get into college, some have noticed that their academic efforts have created a void in their knowledge of more basic life skills. In response, Kansas State University is hosting occasional non-credit courses that home in on the practical skills required to tackle the challenges of adulthood…

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Parents, don’t let your kids’ teachers be their only teachers

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 04:02:48 +0000

An important back-to-school message “So what did you learn in school today?” It was a question my son had come to expect from me over the dinner table. He looked up from his plate and responded matter-of-factly: “American imperialism.” I almost choked on my chicken enchiladas. We spent the next 20 minutes discussing the history of the United States. I countered the Howard Zinn-version he’d…

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Report: Parents setting up ‘play dates’ for their children in college dorms

Daniel Payne — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 19:30:27 +0000

One student left school because the dining hall offered lots of food with sauce A recent report in The New York Times focusing on the concept of “snowplow parenting” revealed that some parents are helping their college-aged children set up “play dates” in campus dorms. “Snowplow parenting,” the report reveals, is the practice in which parents function as snowplows, “machines chugging ahead…

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Most parents still ‘adulting’ for their grown children, survey finds

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 23:08:18 +0000

Parents should let their grown children learn to become adults. That’s good parenting. Instead, most are still taking care of them in various way, doing everything from serving as their personal alarm clock to doing their college homework for them. In Intellectual Takeout, Annie Holmquist features a survey published recently by the New York Times of parents of 18 to 28 year olds that details…

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