I took a job relocation shortly after my older daughter went off to college. The first time she visited us in our new location she said, "where's my room?" I responded, "in Madison, Wisconsin." You miss her now, and you always will, but you should move heaven and earth to make a permanent move home difficult.

I had neighbors once whose 25+, college-graduate, fully-employed daughter and son were living at home, and who (the "children") couldn't comprehend why their parents thought they should find their own places. I also had a friend whose son, at age 20 and following several warnings to either get a job or start college, came home one evening to find his belongings on the front porch and all the locks changed! Of course, that may be a bit excessive....