• My son brought his college girlfriend home for a week, and we set up some ground rules. • But mostly, we let them do whatever they wanted as long as they were respectful. • Yes, they shared a room, but it wasn't awkward because we treated them like adults.

Welcoming a young adult home from college isn't always easy. They aren't the same people you dropped off nine months before.

While my husband and I were thrilled we'd have our son home this summer between his freshman and sophomore years, we knew things had changed.

After all, he chose to attend university halfway across the country, blazed his own trail out west, and started dating a fellow student. It seemed serious fairly fast, so we weren't surprised when he told us he planned to travel to Europe for a weeklong visit during

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