How often do your adult children call?

Ds1 lives across the road phones or texts once every two weeks or so. I’ve learnt to wait for his call, if I ring him in between, it’s obvious he doesn’t want to chat ? Ds2 local as well, every week, usually chat for a good half hour, then in between as well if they need childcare. Dil also rings for a chat.

DD Whatsapp sometimes three times a day if she's not busy with DGD who is a toddler. They are on their own all day until SIL finishes work they live 60+ miles away. I text DIL most days to ask how twins are and Whatsapp usually when DS is home with them. I think Whatsapp has been a saviour this last year.

My DS calls when they want childcare, averaging twice a week. DD called most days wanting something, now she has a man we are not needed ??

One DD calls every day in the way home from work.
The other phones, messages or calls on FaceTime 2-3 times a week.
Today I had an early morning FT call from one GD. That was a real treat.

DD WhatsApps every day. She is creative and spontaneous in her messages and calls.
DS calls to impart or ask for information, maybe twice a week. He very much works on a need to know or not basis and doesn't do triviality.
I think they are both being true to their inherent personalities.

DS1 only if it is a very dire emergency. Doesn't trust any form of electronic communication, and won't talk on the phone, but will one in three times respond to a Signal message. DS2 sends lovely messages maybe once every few months, will call back if you leave a message. Lives locally, but we hear more from DiL than him, when she wants to give a present to one of the others, as they are too frightened to see anyone at the moment.

DD we have been seeing twice a week for homeschooling DGs, before then I would collect DGS from school, cook them a meal and take DGD to ballet afterwards. DD is very excited as picking up a new puppy at the weekend, so we get sent lots of photos.

DS3 is the only one that will ring for a chat, perhaps once a fortnight. We have family WhatsApp and Signal groups (DS1 won't use WhatsApp) that spring into life if any one has news.

DD calls two or three times a week, sometimes more if there’s a particular reason to. It was much the same even when we had a regular child care day for her.

DS, under normal circumstances would rarely call as we saw him once a week on our childminding day, nowadays we speak sporadically, there’s no pattern.

We have a group messaging chat, DS tends to post about serious topics only but will post photos or videos of the children when reminded. DD and I also use it for sharing snippets of family news as well as anything funny which has made us laugh.

DD1 probably every two weeks or so, she's very independent.
Son usually when he needs advice about cooking or decorating, mostly he video calls the whole family so we can see/talk to his little boy.
DD2 lived with us until a few months ago, and we have always been much closer. We talk most days, often video calls, and WhatsApp messages in between.

We also have a family WhatsApp where we all chat.

One dd, almost every day.
The other, maybe once in 10 days but it’s more usual for me to ring and she’ll call back.
One has always been much more communicative - very different personalities. We get on fine with both though.

Yesterday: I phoned DD. I will see her this weekend and I was making plans.
DS2 phoned to tell me about the earthquakes they are having in NZ
DS1 put a video on WhatsApp
DS3 commented.
I am more than happy with the quality of contact.

You have reminded me I must phone DMiL when it is a good time for her.......

A family WhatsApp group where everyone joins in, phone calls from eldest daughter once a week, middle daughter messages me all the time to arrange walks and will phone often too, youngest my son rings maybe every 2 or 3 months he’s never been a good communicator and lives abroad.

I hear from dd most days but it's usually about dgs and a video of him doing something cute. Because I'm on my own, I think she likes to know I'm not lying dead being eaten by feral pigs or some such. My ds posts on the family WhatsApp regularly, three or four days a week. But he lives alone so misses the company. If it wasn't a lock down, I probably wouldn't hear as much from them

Our son calls us on Tuesdays when he is driving home from work. On his gap year he travelled round the world, admittedly when there were no iPhones or emails, and phoned us four times, On only one occasion did he correctly calculate the time difference. Admittedly, he got it right on my birthday.

Well we work with all three of them, so daily.
That doesn’t mean to say we know anymore about our middle son, than if he lived 200 miles away!

Both son and daughter roughly every couple of weeks, but messenger if there’s something specific. They’re both local, although that means little at the moment.

WhatsApp and messenger mostly but Skype sometimes. I would think there was something seriously wrong with an AC who felt the need to ring up every day. I raised DC to be independent.
I hear from DIL probably more than own DC, she does everything associated with GC and keeps me in the loop.

We have all sorts of WhatsApp groups - joint, single, girls, boys - and hear from the 3 girls often,with photos and gossipy stuff, but the boys are much more fact driven.

I also play a game with DS1 so I message him a bit on there.