<p>Boy, is this thread out of date.</p>
<p>Even the bills don’t come by postal mail anymore.</p>
<p>I’ll stop opening her mail when my c-section scar is no longer visable.</p>
<p>(she doesn’t mind anyways)</p>
<p>Ideally parents would wait and let their kids open their own college mail. But my opinion is that it would be best not to make this a big battle. </p>
<p>These are the parents that may be paying big bucks for college next year, possibly making great sacrifices to do so. Give them some slack on the mail issue. In a few months there will be some serious discussions about college choices, and that will go more smoothly if you are on good terms.</p>
<p>GA2012: So funny, true and original! Love it! College admissions were so important, and son so avoided it, I set up at very business like email- totally separate, with his name (not “Beans up nose” or some such handle) It was “our” email right up until March came along and then I let him sign on for results- than back to me after Deposit sent, it was my email \ to tract deadlines and send money- right up until D-Day.</p>
<p>Did same thing with bank account- his name our account for all school transactions. Put those handy alerts for low balance or funds deposited- worked great for 2 years but must be time to take the training wheels off…he has started to object- even though he has a separate account for his job money and all other personal money. OKEY DOKEY, enjoy those 39.00 over drafts sonny!</p>