What they really mean is that if you only have the means to travel out for one of the times, GO TO PARENTS WEEKEND. If you can financially afford to go to both, and it is okay with your son or daughter, then by all means go to both! For I-day, everything happens all at once and you don't get to see anything but having my mom and dad there for moral support was nice.
***If you do go to I-day, make sure to go to the swearing-in ceremony the next morning. That was very meaningful for me, after a very mentally difficult, early morning just knowing that they were up there on the chapel wall. I know it was also a very emotional and special moment for my parents as they saw the transformation of me walking in the day before as a civilian to marching out with my class in uniform and taking the oath the very next day.
***If you do go to I-day, make sure to go to the swearing-in ceremony the next morning. That was very meaningful for me, after a very mentally difficult, early morning just knowing that they were up there on the chapel wall. I know it was also a very emotional and special moment for my parents as they saw the transformation of me walking in the day before as a civilian to marching out with my class in uniform and taking the oath the very next day.