Thanks to a reader for the following submission:

"My sister knows some people with a son who goes to college in Boston.  They were having a heat wave there, and instead of telling their son to buy a fan, they set him up in a hotel for a week.  And it was not just any hotel; it was where they stay when they're in Boston."

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Have an anecdote about the Neurotic Parenting experience?  You can win a stylish aluminum ballpoint pen with the NP logo. 

As everyone in GC's class locks in their SAT tutors, beefs up their extracurriculars and kisses up to teachers for recommendations, there is much to blog about. 

But much of it is top secret.  So I appreciate hearing neurotic stories about other people's kids.