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Hey, here are my questions
How often do you call your parents?
Once ever few weeks
Once a week
Once every few days
Once a day
Multiple times a day
When you call your parents, what percent of the time is it for...
General well-being check in
Homework Help
Laundry/Cleaning/Basic Skills Help
You're upset and need someone to rant to
Homesick
Need something sent or brought to school
Planning trips home
Other
How often do your parents call you?
Once every few weeks
Once a week
Once ever few days
Once a day
Multiple times a day
When your parents call, what percent of the time is it for...
General check-in
Finances
Asking what needs to be brought/sent
Planning trips home
Planning trips for visiting
PLEASE BE SAFE
Other
Before you came to college, you would classify yourself as
totally dependent upon your parents
very but not totally dependent
no more independent than is normal at that age
relatively independent
Totally independent
Now that you are at college, you would classify yourself as
totally dependent upon your parents
still very but not totally dependent upon your parents
moderately dependent
relatively independent
parents? who needs parents?

My target survey group is college freshwomen at Bryn Mawr. As they have just made a huge change in their lives, I want them to assess just how involved mom and dad are. Have they made the transition well or do they still call mom to help with laundry? Are they homesick all of the time? Are they stressed? Or, are they flourishing in this new found independence. The research I did for my last paper said that our generation is incredibly dependent upon our parents to the point where we cannot function in the academic and working worlds on our own. I want to see if they are right!