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<p>Funny part is that I happen to be an extrovert…but understand introverts enough to realize that imposing extrovert standards of communication frequency/heavily laden with emotional type communication is a serious imposition that most sensing feely type extroverts tend to be oblivious of…especially in a national culture which greatly favors such extroverts. </p>
<p>Moreover, expectations of communications…whether frequency and type is a YMMV depending on the family and individuals within it. </p>
<p>While once a week may be the norm with some on cc…doing so with one side of my family would be regarded as a sign of severe immaturity if desired by child and excessive emotional needyness/inability to let go if demanded by the parent(s)…especially if the child happens to be male. </p>
<p>If one was 18 or heading off to college…the child concerned was expected to completely manage on his/her own…including footing part of the tuition if necessary and to call/write letter home around every 3-8+ weeks. If the interval is longer…this side of the family would assume the child is busy with academic work and socializing with his/her undergrad peers and so long as respectable grades are maintained and they have plenty of friends/activities…be regarded as a manifestation the child is industrious in his/her studies and building his/her social network…a positive thing.</p>