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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Move the oldest, who can use the guest room when she comes back as a guest. [b]Don’t encourage moving back.[/b] [/quote]

This is a completely different issue than the issue presented by OP.  Why wouldn't you encourage moving back?  Given the cost of housing in today's market, why wouldn't you encourage your kids to move back, save money and build a good financial foundation for themselves?  I plan to offer my kids the opportunity to move back home, with the explanation that I expect them to work toward building their financial foundation during that time.  They may turn down the offer, but I'll give them the option.  Maybe I am ok with this because I'm from a culture where this is common.[/quote]

NP.  I'm perfectly fine with this too.  It makes no sense to make a kid move out upon college graduation, when they have no savings and barely any means of income - and that's IF they have a job right away.  My brother and I lived at home for a year after graduation, worked, and saved all our money.  Then we moved into rentals with our friends.  There's no way you can do that if you have no savings and are living paycheck to paycheck.  [/quote]

You guys are all missing the point. It does not matter if she moves back after college or not. Either way it makes sense to let the other children use the space.

1) suppose she comes back after 4 or 5 years at college. Guess what? Her sisters will both be in college - she can have the room back! Plus, both sisters will have gotten to use the nicest room while they finished high school.

2) Suppose she never needs to move back home. Wouldn’t you be glad that the other children got to use the room too? Wouldn’t you feel silly that you turned the room into a shrine to her childhood?

No matter what your daughter ends up doing after college, preserving her room won’t change the outcome. It’ll just stunt you emotionally and create bad blood between the sisters. [/quote]

We aren't missing the point.  I bolded what I was responding to, which was a pp saying not to encourage moving back home.  I acknowledged that this was an entirely different issue than the one OP posed, but was curious why encouraging moving back home is a problem.[/quote]

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