Parents' Corner Letter Home is published three times a year by Cal Parents and the Office of Public Affairs, University Relations.
Some parents sit at home, miserable and lonely after their child leaves for college.
Bewailing the empty nest, parents are sometimes settling for occasional telephone calls and holiday visits during their child's college years. And then there are the Pengs. Dr. Jiun-Rong Peng and his wife Mei Ling have gone out of their way to remain an active part of their daughter Sarita's college life. Never mind that living in Santa Ana, Calif., they are separated from their daughter by hundreds of miles. Never mind that Dr. Peng and his wife have a very active orthopedic surgery practice.