How to spot a helicopter parent

I had a flatmate whose mum sent out like a Facebook SOS and called the college because her son forgot to turn his phone on after class and wasn’t answering.

CAElite

When I lived in halls last year, I had issues with my phone at one point so couldn't ring my mum or answer her calls. She rang the accommodation office and demanded that the man went to my room to check I was okay. It was 12am. The man knocked and said "Ring your mother. She thinks you are dead.

Nav_Malhi

My dad is obsessed with the society I’m in he constantly checks my phone whenever I’m at home, and sometimes he goes on their Facebook page to see if I’m in any photos.

JB1807

My sister's mate came from a very strict family and she was the first person in her family to move out for uni. During fresher’s week, the mate came back to her hall after a night out and saw her dad waiting outside for her because he wanted to know where she was and where she had been.

MrsSheldonCooper

One mother was discovered during Freshers Week living in her daughter's Halls room - she wanted to 'share the excitement with her' and was worried 'she wouldn't be able to find her way to lectures' without her guidance.

returnmigrant

I know a relative whose parents moved to a house in his uni town so they can still live as a family (they thought that he would go out and drink alcohol/smoke if he lived in halls).

Trapz99

I have a flatmate whose mum used to visit at least twice a week and cook for her daughter. She cooked for us all one night so I can't complain.

thehistorybore

We once had an international student whose mum was living with him in his room, she'd been living there for two months before the university found out. When the other flat mates were asked why they hadn't reported it they said it was because the students mum was doing all of the cooking and cleaning for everyone in that flat.

s.may

I knew someone whose mum came round every weekend to clean her room/bathroom for her.

doodle_333

Had a friend who’s mum used to walk through the uni every morning on her way to work (there's a train station at the back of the uni), and she would come and knock on her son's door every morning to make sure he was up, make him a cup of tea, and then go on her way!

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