<p>We’re staying Sunday night and helping our daughter move in on Monday. Then we’ll leave sometime in the afternoon. My husband is a teacher and doesn’t like taking off so early in the year. So one day is enough. 
But, yeah…we’ll stretch it out as long as my daughter needs us…which is probably not too much! </p>
<p>Like nutellaella said, sooner or later kids will have to learn to navigate on their own. When I think back at my *now *34 year old daughter and how independent she was, I’m amazed she did so much on her own at college. She didn’t learn to drive until she was in her early 20s, so she rode her bike everywhere. Opened a bank account. Found the closest stores. She and her roommate decided to live in student apartments instead of a traditional dorm. So they had to buy food and sundries on a regular basis. We supplied them with the basics at first. Then they were on their own! My daughter quickly found a job on campus and the rest was paid in student loans. Sheesh. What DID we do?? ;)</p>
<p>I’ll admit, our younger daughter has always been a bit more coddled than her grown sisters, so she’ll have the more traditional dorm send-off. And, we’re footing the bill.</p>