Anonymous
02/07/2026 23:46
Subject: How often do you communicate with your child in college?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Daily in one way or another
May I ask what is being discussed daily? I am not asking in a rude way at all.
NP here.
We talk about whether she’s taking her medications, her classes, her new friends, roommate drama, travel plans, how the pets are doing (she misses them), how grandparents are doing (she misses them too), etc…
Anonymous
02/07/2026 23:05
Subject: How often do you communicate with your child in college?
Anonymous wrote:Boy - every other day with me sending a message and him sending thumbs up or similar non-written response. One convo a week if I’m lucky.
Girl - talk everyday usually when she’s walking to class
Exactly my experience. Boy almost never girl all the time
Anonymous
02/07/2026 23:01
Subject: How often do you communicate with your child in college?
Anonymous wrote:Boy. Texts a couple times a week. Maybe 1-2 calls a week. I still wonder if that’s helicoptering but this isn’t 1990 when we called our parents once a week.
Too bad!
You do not need to talk to your adult children every day.
Anonymous
02/07/2026 22:55
Subject: Re:How often do you communicate with your child in college?
Frequent texting, but can go a few days between convos. Hardly ever talk on phone.
Anonymous
02/07/2026 22:43
Subject: Re:How often do you communicate with your child in college?
Anonymous wrote:The responses to this thread are crazy! People really communicate with their college kids daily?? Wow
Apparently multiple times a day. Not sure how everyone has time for that but they do
Anonymous
02/07/2026 22:38
Subject: Re:How often do you communicate with your child in college?
The responses to this thread are crazy! People really communicate with their college kids daily?? Wow
Anonymous
02/07/2026 22:29
Subject: Re:How often do you communicate with your child in college?
Girl: calls most days 2-4 times a day, often while walking to class (until she runs into a friend and then hops off) or while throwing laundry in washer/changing it to dryer, etc., texts tons (pic of food, quick msg (“just took a spin class”) type
Of thing
Of thing
Anonymous
02/07/2026 22:14
Subject: How often do you communicate with your child in college?
Anonymous wrote:g/b freshman twins.
Daughter calls 2-5 times per day. We talk more than we ever did when she was home. Texts about 10 times a day on top of this.
Son calls daily. It used to be less when he had a girlfriend for the first semester of college but they broke up so once again he has time for good 'ole mom. Sometimes he'll call and we'll just sit on the phone for 15-20 minutes while he does homework and I do dishes. We'll talk about nothing much or even nothing at all.
Is she ok? Are you worried about her?
Anonymous
02/07/2026 22:13
Subject: How often do you communicate with your child in college?
g/b freshman twins.
Daughter calls 2-5 times per day. We talk more than we ever did when she was home. Texts about 10 times a day on top of this.
Son calls daily. It used to be less when he had a girlfriend for the first semester of college but they broke up so once again he has time for good 'ole mom. Sometimes he'll call and we'll just sit on the phone for 15-20 minutes while he does homework and I do dishes. We'll talk about nothing much or even nothing at all.
Daughter calls 2-5 times per day. We talk more than we ever did when she was home. Texts about 10 times a day on top of this.
Son calls daily. It used to be less when he had a girlfriend for the first semester of college but they broke up so once again he has time for good 'ole mom. Sometimes he'll call and we'll just sit on the phone for 15-20 minutes while he does homework and I do dishes. We'll talk about nothing much or even nothing at all.
Anonymous
02/07/2026 21:09
Subject: How often do you communicate with your child in college?
Anonymous wrote:We have a weekly Facebook call. It's scheduled at a particular time, although we frequently change the time based on our or her schedules. Her psychiatrist insisted that we have a regular call so that if something goes sideways, it's easier to catch it earlier.
I usually text pictures of the dog a couple times a week and she sometimes responds.
Facetime, not Facebook
Anonymous
02/07/2026 21:08
Subject: How often do you communicate with your child in college?
We have a weekly Facebook call. It's scheduled at a particular time, although we frequently change the time based on our or her schedules. Her psychiatrist insisted that we have a regular call so that if something goes sideways, it's easier to catch it earlier.
I usually text pictures of the dog a couple times a week and she sometimes responds.
I usually text pictures of the dog a couple times a week and she sometimes responds.
Anonymous
02/07/2026 20:53
Subject: How often do you communicate with your child in college?
Girl: text multiple times every day. Talk much less…about once a week
Anonymous
02/07/2026 20:52
Subject: How often do you communicate with your child in college?
Daughter: often text multiple times a day. Call two or three times a week. Sometimes go a few dayx without contact if we are all busy.
Son: once a week if we are lucky.
Son: once a week if we are lucky.
Anonymous
02/07/2026 20:50
Subject: Re:How often do you communicate with your child in college?
Texts most days, phone calls a few times a week.
Anonymous
02/07/2026 20:43
Subject: How often do you communicate with your child in college?
Text daily, one phone call a week.