It's two in the morning and your cell phone rings. "Hello? Mom? Why are you calling me at this hour?!" "Honey! I know it's late, but I've been waiting to hear from you, and I just CANNOT wait any longer! Are you okay?!"...
...the typical worried mom. Enough said.
It's really hard going off to college for the first time. You're a freshman, you don't know very much about the campus, your classes are fifty times harder than they were in high school, and you stress out way more often. You're too busy doing homework and studying for exams, and you forget one of the most important things in your life--family.
Now when I say you "forget" about your family, doesn't really mean you actually do. I guess what I mean to say is that your so busy that you don't have much time to just call and chit-chat whenever you want. Your family and closest friends know that you're busier now than you have ever been in your entire life, but they get worried and upset if you go a week or so without calling them, even if it's just to say hi.
Just because you're doing fine doesn't mean they know you are. After all, your parents have been taking care of you for the past 18 or so years of your life--since you were born. Of course they are going to freak out when you don't call everyday! If you've got your parent's calling you every other day because you haven't called them, just start calling them and give them the scoop of what's going on. A short phone call goes a LONG way. If you call them every couple of days, they probably won't send a search party after you! So it's a win-win situation. You call your parents, they're happy, and at the same time, you don't get embarrassed.
On the other hand, even if your parents don't check up on you all the time, you might feel better if you keep close contact with them and call them anyway. Things get really stressful in college and it's nice to always have someone to talk to you, or even just listen to you complain and whine for a little bit. They'll appreciate it, anyway. They won't mind at all.
I've kept in close touch with my parents since I've moved here, and our relationship has gotten so much better. When I was living at home, I got frustrated and mad at my parents all of the time. Face it, they were annoying, and they were the last people you wanted to deal with (and yes, I know I'm not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition, but I can't think of another way to say it right now). So, in some cases, maybe when you move away from home, you get closer to home.
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