<p>I don’t know if the parents purposely had her choose the “non-full-ride” school just to control her. I doubt that.</p>
<p>IMHO, I think the parents hadn’t thought that out. I think that when she lived at home, they had normal-to-high control over her life, knowing where she was, knowing when she went to bed, etc. She may have been the typical “model child” when she was in high school, so they felt confortable having her go far away. </p>
<p>But, once she was in college, they soon realized that she had too much freedom (or the potential for too much freedom) so they started “getting creative” (ugh) about monitoring and controlling her behavior. </p>
<p>I’m not saying that the girl is doing anything “wrong”, but she may be doing more “typical college things” than the parents ever expected her to, and so they “freaked out” and crossed the line…many, many times.</p>