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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I lived a six hour train ride away but only came home for thanksgiving, Christmas, and spring break. And sometimes only Xmas and one of the others.

Your kid really shouldn't come home from college more often than that. I think it is a little weird when college kids come home on the weekend a lot.[/quote]

So everyone should do what you did because ... It worked well for you? Screw that. We do what works well for each of our kids.[b] If one needs to see us once a month then that's okay[/b].[/quote]

Funny...because when you go for parent orientation...[b]the schools themselves will tell you this a bad idea.[/b] [/quote]

Yeah, I get that for the majority of kids it's not right. But I know my specific kid a hell of a lot better than they do, and since what he needed was to see us once a month, we followed his lead. As I said before, he skipped some months. And most months either his father or I came out, but rarely the whole family. He's an introverted homebody type, and everything about his school except geographical location was perfect for him, so we made it work. I stand by our decision, unconventional as it may be.[/quote]

Could be my own son you're talking about and I agree 100%.  Leave it up to the kid and whatever they are comfortable with.[/quote]

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