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[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. Freshman parents helping with move in is so foreign to me![/quote]

As a parent of two college aged kids this is very very weird for freshmen. I have never, as a kid myself nor my kids and their peers, nor any other parents I know have I ever heard of parents not taking their freshman to college for move in day.

Very odd OP. [/quote]

I talked to my daughter about this last night as she graduated in 2019. She said her goodbyes at home and drove off to school in her very full car. There was an army of upper classmen, mostly football players, helping to unload cars into massive rolling blue bins. By the time she parked and was at her room, all her stuff had been placed inside.

She was able to decorate how she liked and commented how most of the parents not only in her room but from what she witnessed were in the way. They wouldn’t leave and had to control everything from deep cleaning the room and sanitizing everything to insisting the kids go to lunch or dinner. She was able to explore the campus without feeling she had to host her parents.

We have zero regrets not dropping our kids off at college. Also, by us not helping her move back in the spring, she had to make hard decisions about what she kept and tossed of the stuff she had accumulated over the year. This helped her save money in the future and kept her living a minimalist lifestyle.

We know a bunch of parents and kids who have done the same thing. [/quote]
Definitely easier if freshmen have their own cars, are allowed to park on campus and have upperclassmen helping with move in. [/quote]

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