<p>Mafool, I’m with you. I cry at Bar Mitzvahs when I don’t even know the kids. I cry whenever I hear “Pomp and Circumstance”.Whenever I hear children singing. In short, my kids would think something was wrong if I did not cry while saying goodbye on such a momentous occasion. I hope that the fact that I spent the previous year driving them to assorted colleges, paying for SAT prep, helping them to fill out applications, shelling out the tuition, etc. would reassure them that this is something I am happy and proud about, despite a few tears.</p>