How do you keep in touch with your kids? Text? Phone? Other?

I use Facebook for the most part with an occasional telephone call thrown into the mix. I agree that it most likely is a generational thing with your mom. I turn 60 in another month or so and to me a cell phone is just that, a phone. It's something I carry with me in case of an emergency and I do use it to text with Shelly but it's just a phone, it's no big deal to me. Shelly is 41 and the cell phone is like a godsend to her, she can talk and she can text and she can take pictures and surf the internet if she desires. She loves her cell phone, I just put up with mine As for the Apple Iphone, 4G or otherwise, you couldn't pay me to have one of those things. Too costly for something that would spend all of its time either sitting on a table doing nothing or in my pocket doing nothing while I walk somewhere

I am still blessed with younger children so I get to talk to them face to face every day. I was thinking about getting them some walkie talkies though...

I was born in the 70's and as you we communicate via text and phone calls. I have a daughter by the way does barely calls anyone but can send 3000 text per month. I get cutesy pics and quick I love yous daily. If I do not hear from her in 3 days I panic as she has gotten me so use her constant communication. We all use Facebook and emails as well, but texting seems to be more common.

I was born in the 60's but my kids are oh! so young. My youngest was born 2001 because I married late. Texting is okey but if you have a minute to spare, a phone call will be great because you don't only get to say what you want but also hear your children's voices. A phone call doesn't have to be long, anyway. I still appreciate a snail mail though. It seems priceless to me. Receiving christmas cards via snail mail surely makes a difference than receiving one through email. Well, to me at least. More so, if I receive a loving handwritten letter.

My daughter and I are very close. she calls me just about every night from her cell phone to my landline phone lol...I know it would be convenient for me to have a cell but people who are always on their phones while driving, shopping, and doing whatever else, soooo annoys me that I chose not to have one...My son moved out a couple months ago but he makes a point to come home to eat at times and to collect his mail and thats about the only time we make contact....hmm not sure i'm answering this rght but thats my story and i'm sticking to it hahahaha

Texting is the easiest and least intrusive method in my eyes.

I love texting and facebooking to keep in touch with my family and friends. It's easy, you get to talk to them all time. I think if my parents where alive they would text and facebook. My biological father lives in Germany and he text and facebook's me all the time. I think it's more fear of the unknown that keeps people from keeping up with all the new things that come out.

I rely so much on the net to contact my kids. Yahoo has a facility that make it possible to talk to them at no cost. Otherwise I rely on facebook to get in touch with them. I only use cell phones to call them when the need arises cos my kids are overseas and the charges are quite high if I were to use the cell phones.

I text my oldest, the twins don't have a cell phone yet.

Mommyboob i mean boo...sorry! Well i dont have kids and i live with my mom and dad so we just talk face to face.My one brother lives in another city with whom we talk on phone and on internet.

I'm lucky to be born in a generation where cellphone has become a necessity. My mother and father are in their 50s now and they have learned how to use cellphones. We find it really very helpful because cellphones keep us in touch with one another even if we live far away from each other. Now I am 8 months pregnant and I have a strong feeling that my little girl will be carrying her own cellphone at a very young age. This is not because cellphones are "In" nowadays but we really need it for communication purposes.

We leave each other messages on paper. I read them when I wake up and leave a message to her as well. I also send sms to my daughter. I am not afraid to show how I feel about my daughter since I believe that my love given will produce a stable environment that produces acceptance and care. My mom and I also communicate through FB and sms as well as emails. Constant communication is needed to make relationships work.

Hi there... for me, I always in contact with my family, children, wife through yahoo messenger, skype (thanks these technology). I think no problem if you are late 60's or whatever, the thing is your eagerness to contact them. If you are from late years you are the one who upgrade to the new technology children or if you want to reach your oldest - you must downgrade yourself in order to reach them without any problem. Some says try try until you succeed.

Text is the way they will answer

I think it depends on the individual and the distance. For instance, my mother and I see each other nearly every day. I still spend a few nights a week with her and we talk on the phone every day. My mother attempted the Facebook thing, but with everything she has going on, she forgot about it and it just disappeared. She's had a cell phone for pretty much as long as I can remember, though. On the other hand, my grandmother lives on the other side of the country and is in failing health. She can't speak very well so my mother can only call her about once every other week and even then it's touch-and-go as to whether she'll be understandable.

hi mommyboo I am elderly,in my 80's and use both my email and my landline phone to keep in touch with my adult son and my best friend Nelda. I do embrace current technology but my landline phone is cheaper per month than the cell phone I do not have. I have a good computer and an almost new monitor and I email a lot. I seldom use snail mail too slow. I was born in 1926 but I have pretty much kept up with modern times . I am also on Facebook but like mylot a lot better.

Before snail mail is sufficient to communicate with love ones. But now that we're in a high-tech era, wherever we are, we could be able to reach for them. We usually communicate through computer via webcam. Cellphone is also one of the best, in just a blink of an eye, we can hear them laughing, crying and joking with us. Nowadays, no matter how far, it seems just an inch away to reach them out.

I use the telephone (land line) to try to reach my adult children. Failing that, I email them. Neither is as successful as I'd like, but I'm no technohead and I don't think I'll get much past email.

Some parents prefer a short chat rather than nothing at all.

mommyboo hi... My husband & I bought my daughter her Iphone 3G about 1 year ago because when she went out with her friends we don't want to hear from her with a long list of excuses why she didn't call... She's 18 yrs old now but when she goes out for long hour we still expect her to call us or we call her & when we can't get each others call we text, texting always goes through.... My husband & I both have cell phones, but his recently can't receive calls but I always text him to call me, it works that way... I think something is wrong with his phone because not only me but also other co-workers have complained.. He uses his a lot for work... I like to send him small messages when he's at work & he responds with texting too... My 3 year old is learning because my daughter everyday when she's home she let him play games that she downloads for him & educational puzzles which he learns too... I blame her because now he complains a whole lot now when the phone needs to be charged & we take it away from him, it drives me crazy... I hope he doesn't learn the phone part yet & many more years before he learns it.... I think with the technology now it's great & easy because now you don't have to go around looking for a pay phone & here in my country it's high to use the pay phone... It's much easier to carry your own cell phone for emergency calls & for benefits to your family as my husband is always checking up on us if we're okay... Have a great day mylot friends....