<p>Phew! Glad to see you got a newsy e-mail.</p>
<p>Crossed posts - yeah - glad you heard from him!</p>
<p>Whew. Relief.</p>
<p>Damn sons.</p>
<p>^ LOL, ain’t it the truth!</p>
<p>FYI - if you are an AT&T customer, you could purchase the option of tracking a phone on your bill, I think it’s around $10. If you ever want to track you kid down quickly, you could purchase the option for a short period of time. In OP’s case, I doubt it if her son has his US phone on him. There is also a website where you could register all of your cell phones, and track them. You would have to take your kids’ phones when they are not looking.:)</p>
<p>Thanks for the update with the good news, Oaklandmom!</p>
<p>I have continued paying for the family plan with my kids’ cell phones even though they have graduated from college a few years ago, are gainfully employed and can afford to pay own their phone bills. This way, I know they are still alive through their phones’ activities that I can access through my account online.</p>
<p>Good to hear that you heard something oaklandmom. Be brave and enjoy your ride.</p>
<p>Glad all is ok!</p>
<p>My older s is pretty good about keeping in touch or returning calls. Not so for younger s. who dislikes VM, frequently doesnt answer his phone, etc. That said, I am inclined to agree with those who said that one shouldnt startle a kid with an “urgent” type email whne there is no emergency, even if it is to make a point.</p>
<p>I sometimes catch my s on FB and can have a brief chat. He’ll also more likely return a text msg than a call. All we parents need to know is that they are safe. The rest (details of school, travels, etc) is gravy, IMO.</p>
<p>oldfort-
How does that website track phones?? Do you mean it tracks locations of what towers it is near?</p>
<p>I’m glad you heard from him.</p>
<p>They can get very busy and have lots of distractions at some internships. They also usually don’t have the same sense of urgency in the contact as parents do.</p>
<p>oaklandmom:</p>
<p>I just caught this thread. I’m glad that everything’s okay. I did suspect that access to the internet might be a bit of a problem, but my two Ss are not the best communicators. However, after they’d been told I’d missed my plane a few months ago and had a lot of problems getting another flight, they’ve both been good at phoning to let us know they were either on their way or had just arrived (one S had a two-hour delay because of weather). Long may this last!
I would not worry about your S being the youngest. Mine has been, too, and others have always been extremely kind to him. Chances are that they’ll cut him some slack.
Enjoy horse-riding. After my one and only try, I could not sit down for days! :)</p>
<p>It tells you the exact location. Instamapper gps tracker.</p>
<p>Ugh, I would not want to track my Ss’ every move.</p>
<p>I would not either. Time to let them go. We are talking about adults here. For me there is a stalkerish quality about the gps tracker. We considered it for our employees and I found it too invasive for even that purpose. YMMV</p>
<p>tracking? Very tempting…S wants to go on a roadtrip after hs grad next yr. w/friends. I’m hoping plans will change. But if they don’t, I will be looking into tracking!</p>
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<p>I doubt that any of their customers track every move of their kids.</p>
<p>Just checking in, and saw you here, Oaklandmom. Horseback riding! You go! – Glad you heard from DS, and he is okay.</p>
<p>OP- Tell him you will vent on CC if he doesn’t email/call as promised.</p>
<p>Batllo, I will tell him I’m venting on CC if he doesn’t email as promised in the future - don’t know if that will help but I’m betting if I say I’m going to contact his girlfriend if I don’t hear from him(I’d bet he’s been in touch with her everyday!) - that will get the emails flowing back and forth across the Pacific. I only found out about gf by visiting his myspace page and even though he’s flown from Pasadena to Seattle to visit her and she’s visited him in Pasadena, he’s never said a word to me about her. He just smiles when I ask about her but won’t answer any question. </p>
<p>I too will pass on the tracker - he is 20, an adult, free to do as he pleases. </p>
<p>Riding was wonderful. All around the barn are fields filled with sunflowers. At the barn, baby chicks were following their mamas. The horse listened to what I wanted him to do (for the most part - I’m still learning how to communicate with horses too). And the weather here delightful - warm with beautiful clouds building above the mountains. I left Oakland for mornings like this.</p>