My son asked not to be contacted for a couple of days after his college move-in. The boundary helped us both adapt to our new normal

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My son asked not to be contacted for a couple of days after his college move-in. The boundary helped us both adapt to our new normal

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didn't contact his son (right) after college move-in.
Courtesy of Jimmie Williams
Before move-in, my son asked for two days of no contact after we said goodbye.
On campus, we had just 15 minutes to say goodbye, but we felt the magnitude.
I didn't contact him for two days, and it helped…

This story appeared on businessinsider.com, 2025-09-12 11:07:01.