<p>Some parents rely too much on the concept of the attentive RA as a failsafe. Realize that RAs are students themselves, with lives and classes, and they are not chaperones or trained therapists. College students at any institution are generally expected to be able to function as self-regulating, self-responsible adults. If you think that there is a high likelihood that your child cannot do this, for whatever reason, then going away to residential college is probably not a good idea.</p>