The Cell Phone Connection

I saw on the news the other day the report about how college kids are just not "letting go" of their home life, ie parents. They stated that, according to physicologist, too many of our college kids are being damaged by the fact that they can call home, several times a day, using their cell phones and that the "break" away from their home lives is not happening like it should. What!?! What are they talking about? The "experts" say that we are not doing our college aged kids any good by being constantly available to them. They will have so many problems on their own if we, as parents, don't limit the amount of time we communicate with our children! Give me a freakin' break! Oh, wow, in times where we struggle to keep communication open with those we care about, we are now being told, as communicators, to keep our mouths shut. I'm sorry but if my college aged daugher, and I have one and a son who will be in college fall of 2006, wants to call me several times a day to let me know how she's doing, when she's excited about an achievement, when she's distressed or down about something difficult, when she's began a new special relationship with that cute boy, I will never and I repeat NEVER tell her that she's called me too much or that she needs to deal with these issues on her own. I very rarely call her because I figure she will let me know when she wants to what's up in her life. I call occasionally to say hi if I haven't heard from her in a few days, but that's probably only happened once in the two years she's been away. She, on countless times, has said how much she appreciates the fact that she can call me at any time and that I actually CARE about what's going on in her life. I don't drill her about her life, I figure if she wants to tell me about it she will. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don't insult my intelligence by tell me that too much communication from my college student via any means is somehow damaging to them as they begin their lives away from home. (Now we wonder why we have so many young adults who have trouble communicating to employeers, their spouses, families, friends, etc. They are going to "professionals" who help them cope and learn to communicate better! UNBELIEVABLE! As far as I'm concerned, anyone I care about is free to call me anytime they want to for any reason and I will never tell them they are talking to me too much!