What should the parent/"child" relationship be like with college kids?

LOL - yeah, it's tough being a parent of young adults. You spend their whole life making sure they don't get hurt, have enough to eat, etc. etc. and then one day they're graduating high school and (gasp!) have the nerve to move on to college & don't need you anymore. I will take a guess that you are the oldest child - this is your mom's first crack at letting go and she's not quite got the handle on it yet. I agree that she shoudln't be hounding you like you were a lost kindergartener - did she stop and think that maybe (just maybe) you had plans that day and couldn't use your phone? I would tell her that you know she loves you, but she has to give you space. There's no need to call you everyday - I often go a week without hearing from my college-bound daughter and that's just fine with both of us - she pops home on the weekends and we do our catching up then. FB is both a blessing and a curse - it's almost "expected" that you post everything you've been doing on it and if a day goes by that your status isn't updated people (i.e. Mom) worry. Let her know you're extremely busy and that if there is an emergency she will be contacted, but if you don't answer your phone for each adn every phone call she has to promise NOT to hunt you down...you're an adult and she needs to start letting go.

EDIT: I figured you were oldest -you can now tell your younger siblings to thank you for breaking her in - they won't have nearly as hard of a time away at college as you did...lol ;o)

Wow, Mommy needs to cut the cord. She's totally over-stepped her boundaries. I'm so glad I went to college in the 1990's, when no one could afford a cell phone and email was new technology (not that my dorm even had internet, but still).

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I think you should talk to her about it and tell her that your an adult now and that she needs to give you some space. Reassure her that you will keep in touch with her. Maybe set up a day or two each week when you always call her or something.

My kids are 20,16 and 14. My oldest is an adult and we treat him like one. We expect him to act like one so it only makes sense to treat him like one. Your mother needs to see the boundary lines. Good for Joanne for telling her that.