My oldest son is leaving for college. He’s more than ready. George can’t wait to live with his peers, not his parents. And he really wants to go to school – he’s spent hours reading the course catalog and he’s made a spreadsheet to figure out how to fit in all the classes he’s excited to take.

Our family will miss him. I will miss him. Even when he’s in his most sloppy, forgetful, self-centered teenager moments, George is a person I love to be with and makes our foursome complete. (Yes, I got a little teary putting that into words.)

But when my husband and I drive him a couple of hours away to his new campus home, a dorm-room double in an all-freshman hall, I won’t make his bed.

I recently made this statement to two other moms I know well, both who are delivering their own sons to colle

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