<p>My D has been gone 2 years now, and we basically let her initiate all contact. She usually calls several times a week, mostly Mon-Fri. This is not by pre-arrangement, and its mostly to say “Hi, what’s up”. </p>
<p>Weekends are too much fun for her to have the time to call home. Of which I am glad.</p>
<p>I did a bit of IM-ing initially, but then felt it was intrusive, esp. when it took her 3 minutes to respond!! So now all I do is send an occassional email that has news from us, and does not require a response.</p>
<p>My S is going to college this Fall, and I am sure we will hear far less from him, than we do from her, but hopefully on a weekly basis.</p>