<p>We moved D1 halfway across the country to begin college at a top LAC. The college wanted parents completely gone by 5 pm on move-in day, and they were quite strict about it. They posted a schedule in advance, clearly designating the time for parents to leave, and the last event at which parents were welcome was a late-afternoon reception with the college president, deans, and faculty. At the end of that reception we were politely but firmly told it was time for us to leave campus. They were very clear that they needed to get on with student orientation activities, that our students needed time on their own to get to know roommates and hallmates, settle in, and begin their college lives, and that lingering parents were counterproductive to that process. I think they got it right. A clean break is better for all concerned.</p>