Not the Solution
All parents are different. Some pay for everything and others choose to teach their kids responsibility and budgeting so they can secure themselves once they reach adulthood. Neither form of parenting is incorrect. But life can be a little more difficult for children who aren’t always provided help from the ‘rents.
It’s common for students to get overwhelmed because classes and studying are basically full-time unpaid jobs. It’s a lot to work or complete an internship on top of that. This professor had a perfect solution for a student who couldn’t work part-time. Just because his parents could financially support him, doesn’t mean her parents could do the same.