HUGE
HUGE PENT
HUGE PENT UP DEMAND IN4@ THE MARKET.
MARKET.
MARKET. IT WILL BE POWERFUL BUT LIMITED
TO SPORTS GAMBLING.
>> THE CLIMATE OF GAMBLING
SHIFTING FUNDAMENTALLY IN THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. SOMETHING WE WILL BE FOLLOWING
CLOSELY.
CLOSELY.
CLOSELY. >>>4@4@ A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC
WANT TO ADDRESS TONIGHT.
A TOPIC THAT ALL FAMILIES,
PARENTS AND KIDS SHOULD TALK
ABOUT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE KIDS
WHO WILL BE GOING INTO COLLEGE
IN THE FALL.4@
SHOULD COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES CONTACT THE
FAMILIES OF STUDENTS WHO ARE
STRUGGLING?
STRUGGLING? THAT IS THE QUESTION BROUGHT UP
IN A NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE
ABOUT A STUDENT WHO WAS
STRUGGLING IN CLASS WHO SOUNDLY
RESORTED TO SUICIDE.
THE PARENT SAY THE SCHOOL KNEW
ABOUT HIS STRUGGLES AND DID NOT
SAY ANYTHING TO THEM.
THE 4@FORMER P4@RESIDENT OF
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY AND THE CEO
OF PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN.
YOU HAVE BEEN IN SITUATIONS
BEFORE, SOME YOUR STUDENTS HAD
COMMITTED SUICIDE?
COMMITTED SUICIDE? WHAT CAN YOU DO WHEN THE
WARNING SIGNS MAY BE THERE, BUT
YOU ARE PREVENTED BY LAW4@4@ IN
LOT OF CASES FROM CONTACTING
THE FAMILIES?
THE FAMILIES? >> THE LAW IS DESIGNED TO
PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF THE
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS. THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR THAT.
IT'S CALLED THE FAMILY
EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY
ACT.
ACT.
ACT. IS
ACT. IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE
RIGHTS OF FAMILIES K-12.
AND FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS ABOVE
18, PRIVACY OVER THEIR OWN
RECORDS.
RECORDS.
RECORDS. THAT MAKE SENSE TO A POINT.
THERE IS AN EXCEPTION THAT
ALLOWS FOR INFORMATION TO BE
SHARED TOWARD THE LIGHT FOR THE
SAFETY TOWARDS THE STUDENT.
THIS BECOMES A JUDGMENT CALL.
YOU HAVE THE PROTECTING THE
PRIVACY RIGHTS OF YOUNG ADULTS,
BUT ALSO TAKING CARE OF THEIR
SAFETY.
SAFETY.
SAFETY. >> IN THE CASES WHERE FAMILIES
HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED,4@4@4@ I
>> IN THE CASES WHERE FAMILIES HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED,4@4@4@ I@
SCHOOL MAKING A CONSCIOUS
CHOICE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES
AGAINST A PRIVACY LAWSUIT, OR
DO THEY NOT KNOW THE NUANCE OF
THE LAW?
THE LAW?
THE LAW? >> IT'S NOT SO MUCH TR4@YING TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES, THE
QUESTION IS HOW CLOSE TO THE
LINE DO YOU WANT TO GET?
MY ROOM, AS A UNIVERSITY
PRESIDENT, I'M WILLING TO GO
CLOSE TO THE LINE. 4@
I TOLD MY TEEN IF -- TEAM IF
YOU WANT TO STEP OVER IT I WILL
TAKE THAT CHANCE.
>> JUST 4@4@TO BREAK IT DOWN, I
HAD A SON WHO WAS A FRESHMAN IN
COLLEGE AND HE WENT TO SEEK OUT
CANCELING AND ADMITTED HE HAD4@
-- COUNSELING AND ADMITTED HE
HAD SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AS A
PARENT I WOULD WANT TO KNOW 4@
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. THE
THAT. THE SCHOOL IS NOT ALLOWED TO
SAY.
SAY.
SAY. YOU
SAY. YOU ARE SAYING THERE IS AN
EXCEPTION?
EXCEPTION? >> THERE IS.
IF YOU'RE 18-YEAR-OLD CHILD
GOES TO WORK OR INTO THE ARMY
AND IS 4@TALKING TO A
@
ABOUT
ABOUT SOME ISSUES THE CHILD HAS, UNLESS THE CHILD WAIVES
THE RIGHT TO TALK TO YOU, I
KNOW IT IS YOUR 4@CHILD, BUT IT
IS ALSO AN ADULT.
WHEN DO YOU CROSS THE LINE?
YOUR CHILD IS HAVING SUICIDAL
THOUGHTS AND SHARES THAT WITH A
COUNSELOR THE COUNSELOR HAS TO
USE JUDGMENT AND SAY THIS IS
SOMEONE I CAN WORK WITH AND
SOMEONE I CAN TALK TO.
IF YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE
THE COUNSELOR IS SAYING WE HAVE
A CODE RED HERE YOU MIGHT WANT
TO BRING THE FAMILY IN.
>> THEY ARE LEGALLY ADULTS.
YOU ARE PAYING THE TUITION SO
MAYBE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE
MORE AT STAKE. 4@
WHAT SHOULD PARENTS KNOW AS
THEY SEND THEIR KIDS OFF TO
SCHOOL?
SCHOOL?
SCHOOL? THERE ARE WAIVERS THAT CAN BE
SIGNED THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE
SCHOOL TO MORE FREELY DISCUSS
SOME OF THESE 4@ISSUES THAT WOU
OTHERWISE BE CLOSED IN PRIVACY.
>> CORRECT.4@
>> CORRECT.4@ YOU SAID THIS IS SOMETHING YOU
SHOULD BE TALKING TO YOUR CHILD
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
ABOUT. THE WHOLE POINT OF THESE
4@
THE WHOLE POINT OF THESE WAIVERS IS TO CREATE THE
CONTEXTS AND MAYBE FORCE THE
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. LET THE PARENT AND CHILD TALK
ABOUT THIS.
ABOUT THIS. THE PARENT COULD SAY THE REASON
WE WANT TO KNOW THIS IS BECAUSE
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU.
THE CHILD SAY -- MIGHT SAY I AM
APPRECIATING YOUR CONCERN 4@BUT
NEED SOME SPACE RIGHT NOW.4@
LET'S BE FAIR.
THERE ARE PARENTS WHO WILL BE
OVERREACHING.
OVERREACHING. SOME PARENTS ARE SURPRISED TO
FIND OUT THOSE FIRST SEMESTER
GRADES DON'T GET SENT HOME.
WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL