<p>See, they should call us more often. :D</p>
<p>[The</a> case for calling Mom, in one chart - The Washington Post](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-case-for-calling-mom-in-one-chart/2012/01/06/gIQAv0c1eP_blog.html]The”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-case-for-calling-mom-in-one-chart/2012/01/06/gIQAv0c1eP_blog.html)</p>
<p>Sent that right off to the boys. Thanks. :)</p>
<p>Our newly designated Cardinal Dolan (here in NY) said that one of the first things he did when he heard about his appointment was to call his mother. Her reaction: “Well, it’s about time!” Gotta love it.</p>
<p>Athletes have known this for generations. Whenever the camera focuses on them, they always mouth “Hi, Mom!”</p>
<p>Er… apparently that comes from a study of girls aged 7-12. See:
[Power</a> of Mom’s Voice Silenced by Instant Messages | Wired Science | Wired.com](<a href=“http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/instant-messaging-stress/]Power”>Power of Mom's Voice Silenced by Instant Messages | WIRED)</p>
<p>It’s very possible that (a) males and (b) the 18 and older set might have a different response.</p>
<p>calmom, I will not allow your rational, precise approach to scientific method to get in the way of my battle to get my kids to call me!</p>
<p>Calling home is good when the kids call ME.</p>
<p>It’s bad when I call my mom. :o</p>
<p>Wish I could call my Mom; thanks to Dad for leaving her greeting on the machine. Family members, including an 8 year old grandchild, call when we know Dad is out, just to hear her voice again.</p>
<p>Any phone call that begins with, "Hi Mom, I’m (>insert “in a car accident,” “in the ER,” “just got a ticket,” etc.<) might make HIM feel better but it doesn’t do anything for ME.</p>
<p>Sorry for your loss, mominva.</p>
<p>12rmh18, take it one step back. When the call begins with “I’m OK,” that’s when you don’t really want to hear the rest!</p>
<p>If they’re happy, I love hearing from them. If there’s a problem, I wish they’d keep it to themselves. “One is only as happy as one’s least happy child.”</p>
<p>My favorite calls from my sisters begin with “There’s nothing to worry about, I just wanted to call to say hi.”</p>
<p>My son called me yesterday. I wasn’t home. “I’m at the house (he was picking some stuff up). The kitchen smells like ginger cookies but I can’t find them.” </p>
<p>I don’t understand why he thought the lamb I’d roasted the night before smelled like ginger cookies but ever since he called I’ve wanted to make ginger cookies just so he can come over and find them.</p>
<p>(My daughter also called, to wish us a happy 28th anniversary.)</p>
<p>Happy Anniversary, dmd77!</p>
<p>I’m sorry about your mother, mominva. I know we love to hear their voices. I still have both my parents, but lost my FIL a little more than a year ago. I had a dream the other night that he called and it was so good to hear his voice.</p>
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<p>Yes, I noticed that, too.</p>
<p>The many news stories out there that blithely extrapolate the results of a study in pre-teen girls to the entire population are classic examples of the appalling quality of most science journalism.</p>
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<p>It’s very annoying, and it happens with almost every published study. A news outlet will take the results of one study and imply that its results are conclusions of fact which now necessitate action on our part. Any one study means nothing. It must stand up to scrutiny and must be replicated multiple times before any conclusions can be drawn. Particularly when the hypothesis is a new one, the most one particular study can usually tell us is that there is a valid need for more study on that particular issue.</p>