My parents have it stuck in their heads that they’ll visit me weekly or biweekly while I’m at school, is this pretty average? Do most students see their parents more or less, on average?
It’s all over the map. We saw our kids most weeks, sometimes multiple times a week if they were playing on a team and we went to their games.
Some kids’ families live a long way from school and never see them.
I don’t live across the country from my school so i see my parents only during breaks or if there is a parents visit weekend. Some kids will go home on weekends and some go more than others. In my personal experience most parents wouldn’t come more than once a week, but then again all experiences are different and for families that have kids playing athletic games and live pretty close to school, the may come more often.
You may also didn’t hat during the first few weeks at school, you shouldn’t have your parents come. For some schools it’s actually a rule that you can’t go home the first few weeks in the beginning of the school year and having your parents on campus while you are adjusting to a new environment could make it harder for you and trigger homesickness.
We see SwimKid for athletic contests and occasionally if he forgot something at home. Our visits have varied from 3x/week to not seeing him for weeks at a time. We live relatively close. We try not to “bother” him too much.
I have only gotten to see buuznkid once-during parents’ weekend & DH had to stay home with buuznkid2. We are going up for Presidents Day weekend to see a hockey game, but that will be our only trip until June, when he will need to clean out his dorm room. From what I can tell, long distance boarders envy the more local boarders who actually revel in the weekend dinners or ice cream trips out with the folks. I think you’ll be looking forward to parent visits more than you realize and will quickly learn how to take advantage of the opportunities!
We’re in the same state, and in the fall we were able to see most of CTKid’s Saturday games, either at his school or at the other schools where they play. (I would really miss watching his games; fortunately most of the schools live-stream a lot.) He’s come home a few times other than breaks when there’s been a Saturday night or Sunday event at home. It does work out well that we’re close enough to see him frequently but not so close that we’re finding excuses to “drop in.” It works out well for him, because visits or coming home usually mean that his snacks get re-stocked 