<p>My wife and I will be visiting our twin freshmen (boy/girl) at big state university this coming weekend. We know they will have plenty of other things to do but want to maximize the time we spend together. Students - any advice on what was good/not-so-good about family visits; what you did for activities, how you felt about seeing your parents again, things they brought that you were glad of?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>If I hadn’t seen my parents since move-in day and they were coming to visit me for the first time… jeez I dunno. I would say, don’t meet up at their rooms, pick a location to meet up. Start by eating a meal or just going for a walk. Your son/daughter will have a lot to show you already. It’s really hard to actually fit everything they will want to show you and tell you in one day. I would say, don’t worry about the college’s ‘scheduled activities’ unless there are a couple that interest you. Just go, relax, and have fun spending time together.</p>
<p>Thanks - that’s good advice. Especially about not meeting up in their rooms - now that you mention it, they’d probably prefer some other place. I’ll report after the weekend!</p>
<p>I only have daughters. When we went to our first Family Weekend last year D1 wanted to show us her room. But looking back to the days when I was an 18-year-old male I vaguely recall intentionally scheduling my first Parents Weekend meeting in the student center. Maybe this is gender related in some way. Anyway, my daughter wanted to walk around the campus and talk, show us her bio lab and grab lunch off-campus. She also wanted to have a restaurant meal that weekend. Our time with her was somewhat limited because she had club responsibilities and had to perform with the band at the football game. The only other request I recall was that we take her back to our hotel for an hour or two so that she could take a shower without an audience. In other words, we pretty much ley her take the lead as to what we did.</p>