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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of two grads, one finished last June the other just finished grad school abroad.  All the above is what I went through, too but reporting back - they will ALWAYS be around in some fashion - the ease of communications, face time etc...and vacations together and summers when not working elsewhere are treasured. One thing I recall at many colleges/Universities that was not helpful - at first college the big push to stop all contact with parents, try not to call them or vice versa - some kids don't just fit right in swiftly and need to have a parent connection, maybe even need to come home for a weekend sooner than planned.  If you sense something is off, go see them in that first quarter or semester - it turned out there was a major issue in a social context and we were able to resolve it in a weekend.  The second one used dad's birthday as an excuse to show up in September as a 'surprise', years later admits he was miserable and so glad we didn't make him stay as only a few weeks had passed.  I'm not suggesting we shouldn't give them time without us calling (my rule was don't ever call first - but if you only have text messages for a month get them on the phone).  Good luck!! They grow up and yet never change, you will laugh when their regular trips home begin to irk your new rhythm. [/quote]

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