Parents are taking over dorm-room furnishing—and, in the process, robbing their kids of an opportunity to practice independence. Meagan Francis on the era of peak dorm decor: https://theatln.tc/80yeu93J
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What happened to constructing furniture out of leftover cases from Old Mil bar bottles?
aug 31, 2025, 8:38 pm • 3 0 • view
A wooden door on crates made a great table.
aug 31, 2025, 8:57 pm • 4 0 • view
you had room for a table in your dorm room?
aug 31, 2025, 9:15 pm • 2 0 • view
No, we went to the maintenance shop and the nice guys cut it to size for us and on the way out said they better not see it left behind in our room.
aug 31, 2025, 9:25 pm • 2 0 • view
It was the 70’s. We had our connections on campus. The cafeteria workers gave us trays to use as sleds, the campus cops kept an eye on us. We needed our parent’s love and support. That’s all.
aug 31, 2025, 9:31 pm • 2 0 • view
First world problems
aug 31, 2025, 11:58 pm • 0 0 • view
So out of touch
aug 31, 2025, 8:24 pm • 0 0 • view
When I went to State U in the late 70’s, I had a suitcase of clothes, a typewriter, and a bucket for shampoo and soap!
aug 31, 2025, 10:34 pm • 0 0 • view
Yeah, Atlantic wants me to pay for this? 😁
aug 31, 2025, 8:23 pm • 1 0 • view
Slow Sunday!?
aug 31, 2025, 8:16 pm • 5 0 • view
Maybe, but I'm sure they won't be infested with lice or bed bugs.
aug 31, 2025, 8:16 pm • 1 0 • view
Bret Easton Ellis and his room mate hated each other so laid a line of broken glass down the middle of the room overcast.fm/+AAePJjND3qg
aug 31, 2025, 8:23 pm • 2 0 • view
You all are missing the point. Decorating for the student is just one symptom of helicopter parenting. Parents make all the decisions & handle things students should be learning to handle.
aug 31, 2025, 8:40 pm • 1 0 • view
And what’s with the parents renting an Airbnb off campus for whatever time it takes to ensure their freshman college student is happy and well adjusted?
aug 31, 2025, 8:54 pm • 1 0 • view
Pearl clutching at its finest.
aug 31, 2025, 8:24 pm • 0 0 • view
Independence via struggling? Are y’all okay?
aug 31, 2025, 8:17 pm • 1 0 • view