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<blockquote data-quote="CDA" data-source="post: 10647" data-attributes="member: 103">I lean both ways on this, as I too like the techy world. Having e-mail and texting has worked great for me now that I have two kids in another part of the world (Chile and Germany). My only communication with my son right now is an e-mail once a week, but I can text and call my daughter whenever I want in Germany (as time zone permit). But the kids of today do not play(hang) outside like we did. I found that I would get great face time with my son when we would go riding together. The ride out was spent talking about life and me asking him what he wants out of life. the ride home though was him catching flies and drooling on my window.<img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/lol.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="lol&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />When I did have the whole family together on camp outings, whether it was riding or boating, we would play board games together and have some really good conversations. Being at home was another thing. With work schedules and my kids wrapped in sports all year, it was hard to keep the communication link open. I would try and take my girls out for a dad/daughter night just so we could have our own face time. Sometimes you have to shelf the Dad roll and let them talk like you are just their friend. That seemed to work with my girls for awhile, but as they got closer to Stupid (17) that did not work anymore.&nbsp;I feel I did the best I could with them and would not change it if I had to go back and do it again. My son is now really understanding how and why we did or didn't let them do certain things or raised them the way we did now that he is on his own for these 2 years in Chile. He is in an area that is not as well off as he had it and can really appreciate what he had when growing up.&nbsp; My girls on the other hand......They are another story.&nbsp; It will take a serious act of hitting rock bottom before I think they will see that we weren't/aren't the worst parents....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CDA, post: 10647, member: 103"] I lean both ways on this, as I too like the techy world. Having e-mail and texting has worked great for me now that I have two kids in another part of the world (Chile and Germany). My only communication with my son right now is an e-mail once a week, but I can text and call my daughter whenever I want in Germany (as time zone permit). But the kids of today do not play(hang) outside like we did. I found that I would get great face time with my son when we would go riding together. The ride out was spent talking about life and me asking him what he wants out of life. the ride home though was him catching flies and drooling on my window.:lol: When I did have the whole family together on camp outings, whether it was riding or boating, we would play board games together and have some really good conversations. Being at home was another thing. With work schedules and my kids wrapped in sports all year, it was hard to keep the communication link open. I would try and take my girls out for a dad/daughter night just so we could have our own face time. Sometimes you have to shelf the Dad roll and let them talk like you are just their friend. That seemed to work with my girls for awhile, but as they got closer to Stupid (17) that did not work anymore. I feel I did the best I could with them and would not change it if I had to go back and do it again. My son is now really understanding how and why we did or didn't let them do certain things or raised them the way we did now that he is on his own for these 2 years in Chile. He is in an area that is not as well off as he had it and can really appreciate what he had when growing up. My girls on the other hand......They are another story. It will take a serious act of hitting rock bottom before I think they will see that we weren't/aren't the worst parents.... [/QUOTE]

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