Silent Night? I hope not.

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<p>I thought CC’ers might enjoy this column about communicating with a college-age son, from NJ.com. Full disclosure - the author is my sister. </p>

<p>[Silent</a> night? I hope not. Wishing you a very communicative holiday season. | NJ.com](<a href=“http://www.nj.com/parenting/guest_bloggers/index.ssf/2010/12/silent_night_i_hope_not_wishin.html]Silent”>Silent night? I hope not. Wishing you a very communicative holiday season. - nj.com)</p>

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<p>Funny article! My new freshman son called me twice this entire semester. All other communications involved texts or IM. I finally set my gmail to show a popup whenever he accesses his mail (either from phone or computer). This isn’t exactly substantial communication, but at least I know he’s alive and awake…better than nothing.</p>

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<p>I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but S1 is now a senior and the phone calls haven’t become more frequent. I can usually get an answer within 2 hours if I text him. We grilled him about upcoming interviews when he was home for Thansgiving. We got snipets of information before he decided he didn’t want to be interogated amymore!</p>

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<p>Cute, since I have non-sharers. Not a gender thing in my house as I have 1 of each. I must’ve raised them that way.</p>

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<p>DS sometimes sends me links to news articles about stuff he’s interested in (generally computer or math related).
I figure it’s a form of communication, so I take what I can get…</p>