More than 40 people, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, have been charged in a widespread elite college admission bribery scheme. “College admissions is the first time that they aren’t able to give the child something they want. Parents write college essays, or hire someone else to do it. They’re overscheduling kids with extracurriculars that play to college admissions instead of their children’s actual interests. “Now, I have college students who don’t know how to make a phone call.”Research shows, she said, that kids who are overparented are not good decision-makers, not able to fight their own battles.

Source: Washington Post March 12, 2019 22:30 UTC