Moving Kids Into College? What These Empty Nesters Learned E149

Move-in day never quite goes the way you expect, even after doing it more than once.

Rick and Clancy walk through what actually shifts each time, from how much to help unpacking a dorm room to when to step in on a rough roommate situation. "Help them, but only as much as they want to be helped" comes up early, and it holds up through the rest of the conversation.

Budgeting gets its own segment, including the ten days of DoorDash during a COVID quarantine that no spreadsheet prepared them for.

Communication comes up too, and how differently their two kids handled being away, from daily texts to the "proof of life" check-in Clancy had to establish herself.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro And Season Kickoff

01:03 Help Only As Much As Wanted

02:50 Building Furniture And Learning To Step Back

04:00 Get Off Campus, Let Emotions Surface

08:01 Two Kids, Two Very Different Move-Ins

10:06 Budgeting For The Unexpected

14:55 The Proof Of Life Text

17:26 Different Rhythms, Not Rejection

19:12 Communication Hacks That Actually Work

20:37 Listen First, Fix Rarely

21:14 Where The Line Really Sits

27:24 Campus Resources And What's Coming Next

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