<p>Today's SF Chronicle featured this dad's view of saying goodbye to his son during orientation:</p>
<p>Thanks Studiomom…we were there and found this both comforting and amusing.</p>
<p>I sent this to my parents. Also this, from the LA Times:</p>
<p>[Off</a> to college – latimes.com](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-straight30-2009aug30,0,4294514.story]Off”>Off to college)</p>
<p>I sent this to a friend, who also said her daughter has 4 tubes of toothpaste, and the Costco pack of toothbrushes. Didn’t we all find ourselves buying comforting purchases? Ours were mostly in the toiletry/drug/papergoods realm. And gum.</p>