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How often are you in touch with your moved-out kid?

How often are you in touch with your moved-out kid?

A reality check

Mar 11, 2023
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Callback to my groaner “crickets” joke. Photo credit: Alessandro Bogliari

My ode to the family text thread brought to mind a conversation I had with a friend a few months after her youngest kid left for college out of state.

“How often do you talk to your kid?”

I could hear a tinge of exasperation in my friend’s voice. She was confused by her kid’s spotty…

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