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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m seeing lots of parents on FB posting first day of college pics this year, some of them even holding up signs like they did in elementary school. Not the drop-off pictures, mind you. But, like, first day of class. Had never seen this before, but I’ve seen several in the last week. These poor kids. Just let them be. [/quote]

Was the parent taking the picture, or sharing a picture the student sent? [/quote]

Plenty of people have their kid send them a photo.  I think it's cute.  Especially since most who do that have been doing it since preschool.  I have a friend with 4 kids---oldest is 29, youngest is 13.  Preschool thru 12th grade she has always posted a first day of school.  If the college kids sent her one, she posts it as well.  
This is someone who is not a helicopter, and doesn't post much on FB, but it's a family tradition for them.  Her College junior sent one and she posted that. 
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LOL. I just taught a bloc at one of the National Defense University schools and I had a guy in full military uniform ask me to take his picture with one of those boards. His wife apparently insisted. She said if they were moving somewhere just so he could go to school then she deserved a picture. It was kind of adorable.

I really don’t think it’s cute anymore. When does it end? Will there be a first day at grad school pic? First day on the job? Let these kids develop into individuals now. Their accomplishments are theirs, not yours. [/quote][/quote]

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