I fully agree with you.
I am working behind the scenes to fix the educational system. so I understand why parents are scared, but unfortunately they do not have good information and they have not helped their ******* at all with that. Sending them to college might be the only thing saving their children from the sheltered bubble their parents created.
It may seem like a good idea, but a bubble only helps young *******, like toddler to age 12, once a kid turns a teenager, its better to allow them more and more independence so they can make mistakes and deal with life on their own.
Parents that dont have a LEASH on their *******, those ******* tend to be more successful in college or just in life in general.