Are Parents Doing Too Much for Their College Kids?

1. College Is Supposed to Teach You How to Be on Your Own

• The crew talks about college being a rite of passage: moving out of your parents' house, living in a dorm, gaining freedom, and learning to take care of yourself.
• College isn't just about education. It's also where you learn important life skills by figuring things out on your own.

2. Introducing Rent-A-Mom

• Launa explains a new service called Rent-A-Mom, where parents pay someone to help take care of their college students.
• Services include:
• Laundry
• Grocery shopping
• Care packages
• Cleaning dorm rooms
• Picking up prescriptions
• Wellness checks
• One provider near the University of Alabama charges up to $1,500 per semester for premium services.

3. Is This Helicopter Parenting Gone Too Far?

• The crew thinks the service is ridiculous, especially when it comes to doing basic chores for college students.
• The argument: How are kids supposed to learn to cook, clean, do laundry, and take care of themselves if someone else keeps doing it for them?
• The crew discusses how kids today sometimes have a harder time pitching in at home, while growing up, everyone seemed to have a chore list.
• Kevin understands parents wanting to make sure their kids are okay, but believes they still need to learn through experience.
• A wellness check might make sense, but paying someone to do your kid's laundry and clean their room is taking it too far.

4. Let Your College Kids Figure It Out

• The crew agrees that college is the time to become independent.
• If parents are worried about their kids, they can visit them—but hiring someone to do everything for them isn't helping in the long run.
• The discussion wraps with the question: Would you ever spend $1,500 a semester on a Rent-A-Mom?

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