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As a college student, I think it is more feasible the other way around. You yourself said that you never wrote home like you were supposed to and many of the posters here have said that their kids don’t call home as much as they want them to. So, why do you expect a self-centered college student to call home and check on their parents? I could never imagine anything happening to my parents (although we live in a safe area and they are both relatively young), so I would never call home to see if they were OK if I was a kid who didn’t enjoying talking to my parents just to talk them.</p>
<p>I think sschmid is right. When I moved thousands of miles from home into a much unsafer area than I was used to, I didn’t mind my grandmother calling to see how I was and making sure I hadn’t been hurt or anything. My thoughts are, my parents and grandparents kept me safe for 18 years, and now they are just trying to make sure I stay that way…</p>