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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is due at college on Wednesday. We leave 9am that morning. So far no progress towards packing. Room is a disaster, to-do and to-buy lists are a mile long. DC just keeps scheduling one million good-bye social things, exercising twice a day, etc. It's all avoidant behavior but this is driving me insane. I swear that I am not pulling an all-nighter tomorrow night. They'll go to college with the clothes on their back if it comes to it. Anyone relate?[/quote]

My older DC did this a decade ago. It drove me insane. But the day before DC left, I spent most of the day packing up everything, running last minute errands and getting everything ready to go. DC was not able to do it, and when I finally stopped hounding DC, things calmed down in our house, and all went well.

My advice: Do the packing yourself. Anything forgotten can be mailed to your child or you can find it near the college. I didn't even ask my younger kids when they went to college a few years later. I did their packing myself, with some input from them, mostly: "do you want this or this?" Then I packed it all.

Ignore those annoying parents who tell you their kids did all their packing themselves!! Your kid is your kid and they are going to do fine in college even if they don't do their own packing. They aren't ready. (BTW, DC graduated at the top of the class, got into a great grad school, and has a great job.)

Spare yourself the pain, OP. I had a terrible summer with DC when I spent all summer nagging. When I relaxed and did the packing myself, the stress disappeared, and DC had a smooth transition to college. My months of tears started right after we left DC at college, but that's another chapter. [/quote]

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