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  • Mommy, tell my professor he's not nice! (Over)involved baby boomer parents redefine adulthood.

    06/19/2006 6:45:15 AM PDT · by John Jorsett · 168 replies · 2,500+ views
    St Petersburg Times ^ | June 19, 2006 | Janet Zink and Shannon Colavecchio-Van Sickler
    Parents of University of Florida students log on to their children's personal Gator-Link accounts to check grades, then call deans when they don't like what they see. University of Central Florida parents call administrators to complain when their kids can't get into classes they want. At Florida State University, parents of graduating seniors haggle with job recruiters. They want to make sure Junior gets a good salary and work schedule. University administrators have a name for these baby boomer moms and dads who hover over their offspring's college lives. "Helicopter parents," says Patrick Heaton, FSU's assistant dean of student affairs....