Days later, the student’s helicopter parents swooped onto campus to take up his cause. I nearly fell out of my seat when I heard his father’s diatribe. Instead, he protested our “handling” of his son’s case. I’m a tax attorney on Long Island, the father explained. The well-heeled father sounded genuinely offended that we were failing his son instead of giving him a “do-over.”

Source: Los Angeles Times March 17, 2019 10:18 UTC