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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, but in different ways.[/quote] This. I just helped my son move into college for his freshman year. I taught him all of the things the OP is describing in ES so they could make their own lunch, do their laundry, etc. He needed me less and less for those things but more for emotional/social things like how to deal with a breakup (friend or girlfriend), how to deal with his teachers on his own, etc. It felt more like coaching to me and a bit of being a therapist too. He still needs me as his texts from college show. He now needs logistical help with where/how to order books (thankfully he has inherited my frugal gene), what to do about a schedule issue, etc. Now I'm just doing it through texts since God forbid he call his mother! Lol. [/quote]
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