As a mom when my two were in college, those boxes would indeed have been filled with cookies and other comfort items for my sometimes homesick kids!
Teachable moments are best left in person and at the moment of!
Agree!!
Once a month, mom would make her incredible chocolate chips cookies and send them to me in college.
Now, this was in the day B4 *Packing Peanuts* had been invented. She used to pack them in a big dress box filled with popcorn, to prevent breakage.
Even though the popcorn was unsalted...we’d eat every last kernel also. Starving kids that we were!
THX Mom. You were the best!
I think everyone dissing this mom and her kid, need to lighten up. This mom is raising good kid, and not letting him off the hook. He’ll remember to be responsible. And down the road, will make a good *catch* as a husband.
That’s my take, FWIW. Haters gonna hate. :)
I used to get a kick out of watching the Japanese students opening their care packages from home nearly 40 years ago.
Packs of dried fish/squid/seaweed, etc. seemed much more weird and exotic back then.