January 16, 2004
Parents United
As more colleges make mom and dad a priority, one group hopes to give them political cloutChart: College Parents of AmericaBy ERIC HOOVER
When their oldest son was in high school, Douglas Laughlin and his wife helped him search for colleges. When he accepted an offer from an Ivy League university, they paid the first bill. When August came, they moved him into his dormitory. But after that, they did not know what to do.
"We were feeling left out ... unappreciated," Mr.
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