Hundreds of parents in the Chicago area are hitting a milestonethis week: sending their kids to college for the first time.
After they help haul their teens' computers and clothes into dormrooms on moving day, many parents go home to a quiet house and "emptynest syndrome."
Parents often find it difficult to let go of the child they stillremember learning to walk and talk. And fathers sometimes have anespecially hard time saying goodbye to daughters.
"I'm in denial," said Neil Chertack, 53, who will see his onlychild, Kasey Ann, off to the University of Iowa on Thursday. "It'stough for both of us."
Chertack and his wife, Mary Pat, 50, of Deerfield, have …
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