When Your Kid Goes to College

"During the summer before he went to college, he was obnoxious; he said, ''There''s a reason I''m acting this way; it will make it easier for you to have me leave.''"

"When she was packing to leave, she was completely preoccupied with how many sheets and towels to take. I was thinking, ''My kid is leaving home forever, and life is taken up with minutiae.''"

It''s an emotional rollercoaster, a combi...