How often are you hearing from your new freshman..
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Anonymous
| My son called once but got off quickly when roommate came home (which I understand) and then a few texts. Normal?..I would like to hear more. This is his second week. |
Anonymous
| When he was a freshman last year, we would get a text every day or so, and we used those to set up a time for a weekly Sunday phone call. |
Anonymous
| I have two sophomores but the experience is the same this year as last: the communicative son is in touch on an almost daily basis and is highly responsive; the less communicative son goes dark for long stretches and only replies to direct (and progressively irritated) requests for information. |
Anonymous
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What expectations for communication did you set with your child before drop off?
If you didn't set a plan, try to catch your child now and set up a scheduled time once a week. But what you are reporting OP sounds normal. |
Anonymous
| He requested a daily photo of our cat. So I text him one each day. But he doesn't really text us just for conversation. He only cares about the cat. |
Anonymous
That is so sweet! |
Anonymous
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I've gotten at least one text almost every day. Usually about very concrete things, like he wants me to send him something he forgot, or he wanted the password to our shared Kindle account.
We agreed that we would talk once a week on Sunday, and he called last night around 10:30 p.m.. Talked about 5 minutes. It was good to hear his voice. |
Anonymous
| Boys don't call often. How often does your husband call his mom? Sons will likely follow their dads example. |
Anonymous
| Last year when my daughter was a freshman I tried not to contact her for at least one week so she could settle in - including texts. We agreed to start weekly facetime sessions on Sundays once she had been there for two weeks. Once we did, it became the regular means of communication and we all looked forward to them. Sometimes they were ten minutes and sometimes an hour. After the first week I did text her but it wasn't every day, though it was fairly consistent (maybe 3-5 texts a week). All in all it felt like a good balance to all of us. |
Anonymous
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My son is sending a couple of short text responses per day to questions posed directly. His quota seems to be three texts per day.
It's fine OP - I'd love to hear more from him, but I assume he is having too much fun and is too busy to be in touch. |
Anonymous
| A few scattered texts throughout the week and a weekly face time on Sunday so far. |
Anonymous
| My son does not like talking on the phone. I think a lot of his friends are the same. I text photos of the dog. If you use Whatsapp, you can see when a message has been opened if you're looking for proof of life! |
Anonymous
| A few texts asking for things to be ordered. One text this morning saying his classes were interesting!i am deliberately hanging back and letting him set the frequency. |
Anonymous
| A few texts asking for stuff but nothing in great detail other then he likes it there. |
Anonymous
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