Tom - I speak with parents all the time. They contact me directly at times and explain their situation to me unsolicited, I belong to my local high school booster club and parents tell me things in confidence because of my knowledge. So I am not making it up that some people in this vast world struggle to talk about this important topic called college,in a constructive way. Why would you assume that these things don't exist? It is not just baseball parents - football, s****r, etc. I have heard from those parents too.
I talk to college and high school coaches and guidance counselors who have told me stories of the parents and kids not being on the same page.
Of course this is not a problem that everyone has. But some do. And I don't need my own high school age child to come to that conclusion.
Sure talking about *** and drugs is tough for a lot of people, but we can't assume that a parent trying to give "advice" about college is having success. Thats all.
Trying to open discussion for people out there. Nothing wrong with that.