Katie Holmes, Brooke Shields and More Stars Who Watched on as Their Kids Flew the Coop for College

College dropoff is a big milestone for kids – and parents. See how these stars handled the goodbyes!

Sunny Hostin

The View cohost admitted she was having trouble “letting the birds fly” after dropping Paloma, her youngest child with husband Emmanuel, at Cornell University. Looks like the teen was ready to hop — as Sunny, 56, appears more and more distraught in her Insta pics, Paloma remains delighted!

Brooke Shields

Last year the star, 60, said she and husband Chris Henchy were sad about younger daughter Grier heading off to Wake Forest (big sis Rowan is also a student there). “I thought I’d be relieved, but I don’t know,” she mused. “We’ll see when we get there.” Cut to dropoff day when the Princeton alum posted a funny clip of herself gleefully sprinting out of Grier’s dorm room announcing she’s an empty nester!

Katie Holmes

The 46-year-old tried to see the positives of having daughter Suri, her only child with ex Tom Cruise, head off to college at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon. “I remember this age, this time of beginnings,” said the Dawson’s Creek alum. “It’s exciting to learn about yourself, and I loved that time, so it makes me happy to think about it like that.” Still, she admitted, “I will miss the close proximity.”

Jessica Seinfeld

The mom of three, with husband Jerry Seinfeld, posted a carousel of pics as the family dropped off Shepherd, the youngest of their brood, for his freshman year. “Move-in weekend. All 3 baby birds have flown,” the 53-year-old wrote, adding an encouraging message to fellow parents. “Hope all of you first timers or last timers are holding up.”

Guy Fieri

“It hasn’t fully hit us yet, but not seeing him everyday is gonna be hard,” the TV chef, 57, posted alongside wife Lori as they unpacked in son Ryder’s dorm. The teen is going to have to work hard: Guy has said he expects his kids to go to grad school if they want any of his $100 million fortune. Quoting Shaquille O’Neal, Guy explained to Fox News Digital, “Shaq said, ‘If you want this cheese, you got to get two degrees.’ Well, my two degrees mean, you know, postgraduate.”

Ali Wentworth

Second honeymoon! The 60-year-old, who got pregnant with her first child only nine months after marrying George Stephanopoulos, is fully enjoying her empty nest now that daughters Harper and Elliott have moved out. “We’re young and in love again,” she boasted, adding, “We were traumatized at first, and now it’s kind of fun!”