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[quote=Anonymous]It is a lot less difficult to speak/ communicate long distance than it used to be.  I talk to my mom every day (I am almost 40) but I didnt in college because we didn't have cell phones, etc.  She is probably also texting and talking to her high school friends whereas "back in my day" we wrote letters and were starting to email.  Those friendships often took a back burner to the new college friends I was making.  For me, that would be the big thing to encourage--making new friends.  Listen to what she is talking about--is she still talking about high school friends or new people at college.  Use your daily talks to find out if she is beginning to make new friends and relationships or if she is clinging to old ones at the expense of the new ones.  You can be the consistent and supportive voice that asks her about her college friends and her college clubs.    You will (hopefully) be in her life for a long long time and don't discourage that.  But encourage her to get out and meet people and do things.  With unlimited texting and calling, shy kids can retreat to their rooms and just continue the relationships they have and that is kind of a bummer.[/quote]

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