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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]

Oh, please!  Several of the posts here are most definitely judging parents who take their kids to move-in day.  Which is weird, because the vast majority of parents do take their kids - even those of us who *also* have kids who have traveled extensively, with us and alone, gone to summer camps, etc.

You're probably in the same camp of parents who insist that any kid living on campus all four years will somehow be completely unable to rent their own apartment, pay bills, etc. after graduation.  Really, a bizarre mindset.[/quote]

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