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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of two college graduates. We never helped them move in. We said our goodbyes at home and they were off. [b]Freshman parents helping with move in is so foreign to me[/b]![/quote]

Are you from another country? In the US, this is a standard thing parents do. [/quote]

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The people bragging about sending their kids alone are pathetic.[/quote]

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Those of us have kids who did not ask us to help with move in or did not want our help. They are not stunted because we didn’t drive the four hours to school and the four hours back.  Ours have traveled extensively with us and alone, gone to summer camps. We raised them to not need us. We never turn down calls when they want us.

We are not bragging or putting you down because you did it differently. Stop virtue signaling that we are judging you because we just aren’t. [/quote]

100% Some kids wanted to handle this on their own.  Some kids who didn't have a choice because of Covid and then the next year, they were fine with handling it by themselves.  If my kid wants to handle it on his own, I'm going to let him.  He'll ask for help when he needs it (and know that we will be there if he needs help - with this or anything else) but I'm not pushing myself into a dorm room with my kid, his roommate, and two other parents just because it might make me feel better. [/quote]

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