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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks for posting this, OP.  I got the same advice from my sister, who is also a college professor, when our oldest son entered college.  He has now graduated and our younger one is currently in college.  Though both are independent by nature and make friends easily, they were also quite happy to have us come visit a few times during freshman year.  They were not alone in this regard -- many of their friends also asked parents to visit or to let them come home for a weekend here and there.

My sense is that many parents are somewhat surprised by how much their kids simply miss home.  So many of these kids, including our own, have traveled without their families or have gone to summer camps, and they seem so much more worldy and independent than we were at that age.  Additionally, we parents often assume that methods of communication have improved so much that we can just call, text, email and Skype with our kids.  My experience, though, has been that nothing replaces actually sitting down to break bread with your son or daughter and asking, "so, how's it going?"  Oh, and a hug really helps too.     [/quote]

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