Now parents get oriented, too

Used to be that parents packed up the station wagon, drove their son or daughter to college, unloaded the boxes, made the bed, shed a few tears and headed home. Today, colleges cater to parents with lengthy orientation programs.
Whether this relatively new phenomenon is a response to "helicopter parent" hovering or not, more information and services seem to be exactly what parents are craving.

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