It is blatantly rude not to respond to communications from someone (especially someone financially supporting you) and it is blatantly rude to force them to be the ones to initiate contact every single time unless you are asking them to give you something. Relationships—even at 18—require give and take. If this young…

I think a once a week check in is absolutely reasonable. A trick I (a long out off college/my parent’s house old) use to let them know I’m alive without having to talk every day is play Words with Friends with them. If we play a word every day or two, they don’t worry about my being alive. And it’s handy for messaging…

Not gonna lie, this is one of my fears as my only child, my son, is leaving for college this summer. I’ve been a SAHM, a decision my husband and I made before the kid was born, and I have zero regrets, but I’ve seen many changes just the past few months, as he has a full school schedule, plays in the jazz band so he…