What an undergrad wants you to know about college parent Facebook groups – CNN

EDITOR’S NOTE:  Mary Frances Ruskell is a sophomore at Dartmouth College. My daughter saw a mouse in her dorm room — what should she do? What brand of rain boots should I buy for my student? Should I hire a private service to wash my child’s clothes, or teach them to do their own laundry? When my older brother decided where to go to college four years ago, one of my mom’s friends sent her a link to something no one in my family had ever known existed: an admitted students Facebook page. Not for the students. For the parents. It was full of posts from stressed-out parents commiserating, ranting, and asking many specific and overbearing questions: What were the specs of a certain dorm room? How can I get access to my kid’s grades? Do I need to get my child to sign something to get access to his medical records? Facebook is now home to hundreds of groups specifically for parents of college students. Most of these groups are private and have thousands of members. To join, the volunteer administrators usually require proof of a student’s admission, like screenshots or scans of an admissions letter for a page
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