1. Definitely agree with 'don't bring up the girlfriend.'
2. If Mom and Dad are sending an 'allowance' for spending money (let's call it fun money), consider cutting that in half or eliminating it. Has nothing to do with the girlfriend, and is a great lesson in 'managing expenses' (go to the bar or not? go out to eat or not? buy a present for the girlfriend?). Then leave it up to him to say 'no' to those questions...or get a job so he can do those things. It's called 'fiscal responsibility', without interfering with the academia of college.
1. Definitely agree with 'don't bring up the girlfriend.'
2. If Mom and Dad are sending an 'allowance' for spending money (let's call it fun money), consider cutting that in half or eliminating it. Has nothing to do with the girlfriend, and is a great lesson in 'managing expenses' (go to the bar or not? go out to eat or not? buy a present for the girlfriend?). Then leave it up to him to say 'no' to those questions...or get a job so he can do those things. It's called 'fiscal responsibility', without interfering with the academia of college.