Graduation week has a way of swallowing you whole if you let it. Rick and Clancy have been through it and they're headed into it again.

The logistics are real. Multiple ceremonies, ticket limits, restaurant reservations, parking, accessibility for grandparents. Get that handled early and you can actually be there when your kid walks across the stage.

Because what can get lost in the chaos... your graduate is saying goodbye to four years of their life. They need space for that, even when you've traveled across the country to be there. The parents who enjoy graduation are the ones who planned enough to let go.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 When One Graduation Became Three

01:44 Mining the Parent Pages

05:41 Dress for Both Extremes

07:22 Restaurant Reservations and Thinking Beyond the Bubble

10:18 Accessibility and Mobility Planning

13:07 Kleenex and Portable Chargers

14:54 Parking, Satellite Images and Hidden Hacks

16:37 Book Hotels a Year Out

19:10 Give Your Graduate Room to Say Goodbye

21:31 Be Present, Not Behind a Screen

22:39 Flexibility and the Non-Negotiables

24:54 The Small Stuff That Doesn't Matter

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