To the mama whose baby flew the nest [mother.ly]

Ingrid Cockhren (PACEs Connection Staff) 8/18/2312:00 PM

By Anna Booraem, Photo: VH-studio/Shutterstock, Motherly, July 28, 2023

My daughter has been a college student for two years, and I’m still getting used to it. Honestly, it was a little harder than I expected. I wasn’t the mom who cried when I took her to school the first day of kindergarten. But about halfway through that year her teacher had to take me aside and say gently, “You really don’t need to stay for 20 minutes every morning when you drop her off.” So it’s like I’m not super attached—but also, I’m super attached.

Whether you are counting down the days until your kid leaves home or are working hard to convince them to take a gap year and just stay with you forever, here are five tips that helped me get through the first years without my kid.

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