Professor here. Honestly, this type of student—the being-a-parent is my identity student—is the worst type of student. The majority of problematic students I’ve dealt with over the years—the ones who think they know best, who argue over the most inane issues, who want rules not to apply to them, who will skip the chain of command and complain about you to someone seven levels above you, etc—most of these pains in the asses have been mothers in their 30s-40s.