[sammyg2]

I see that same kind of behavior and it makes me shake my head. I think they call it helicopter parents. I don't get it.
Giving a kid everything and doing all his thinking for him keeps him from thinking for himself.

My son just completed his first year in engineering school (2 months early) and is actively pursuing an internship and has a couple of promising leads.
I mentioned that my company has an internship program and if he'd like i could find out some info on it. He said he already checked into it, they target a few select schools and have a waiting list but he applied anyway.

He's got a linked-in page and all sorts of stuff like that, and if I tried to get involved and help he'd say "it's OK, I got this".