<p>My daughter started college as a full-time freshman when she was 15, but took cc classes at 13 and 14.</p>
<p>I did most of the organization work when she took classes at the community college – registration, etc. I didn’t speak to any professors or department chairs or anyone like that on her behalf though. I was just dealing with paperwork and online procedures, etc.</p>
<p>Once she enrolled full-time at the univ. at 15, I kept track of logistical stuff, deadlines, and so forth related to registration, etc. I tracked down her textbooks used online, and I dealt with her financial aid and paying the bills.</p>
<p>I never made any direct contact with any academic personnel though. It was all administrative stuff, and as the year wore on, she did all that herself.</p>
<p>She just turned 18 and is a junior. She goes to school full-time, works and has an apartment with a friend. Now I just pay the bills. ;)</p>
<p>But every family and every student is different, and I would really urge you to listen to your own feelings about it and your son’s. I think there is a very insistent refrain these days about how parents should shut up and back off. The case gets over-made in my opinion. The fact that you’re asking the question at all shows that you’re not going to go off the deep end with this. Your son is very young. You and he decide together what is right, and when is the right time to start handing off bits of responsibility to him. You’ll figure out how it works best for your family.</p>