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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was a recent thread lambasting parents who let their kids move back home after college where an immigrant commented how puzzling she finds the "American way" sometimes.  I'm an American through and through, and I agree with her.

We raised our family in a close-in NOVA suburb.  We didn't "discourage" our kids from going to college out west, but it never occurred to them to do that either because they had a nice upbringing here, good parents, great friends from their childhood -- and UVA and other state colleges offering a first rate education.  So they went that route.  All of them studied abroad and went to grad school out of state.  Two lived abroad for a couple years or more after college to volunteer (Peace Corps, etc).  In the end, all of the kids settled in DC.  Now that they've started families, they have grandparents and siblings who help out.  No nannies required.  If that means the kids aren't "independent," oh well, that's ok.  We're good.  [/quote]

It may not always be that way though if your kids and their spouses are ambitious. I am California born and raised and we moved twice in the last 5 years for job related reasons. [/quote]

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