When living in Australia, I think I spoke to my mother once a day or every two days.. It was often... 
Living in Canada I could speak to her, once or twice a week.. Always for an hour each time... We have gone two weeks with out chatting but it almost kills us...   Mum usually does the talking because from Australia with Optus she can call me for an hour for only $4.00.  She used to have a plan where she could talk to me for three hours, and pay only 8 dollars... This was great when I first moved here, but after three hours there was not much to say for the next two weeks or so, so she changed her plan and now we always have something to say... When I call her she usually makes me call her back, but I don't... And for at least half an hour she will try talking to Francis or just listens to us play.   It may be a waist of money, but she misses us, and loves to hear me play mummy.... :)   And my dad well he gets on the phone as well when he is home. He hates chatting on the phone and prefers  the internet... :)

I talk to my perents at leas 2 times a day and to my sister at leas 1 time a day. my husbands perents live in Europe and we call them 2 times a week mon and thr.

I would love to be able to call my parents. i lost dad 17yrs ago (i was 10) and mum 9 yrs ago (i was 17) .. the only advice i can add here is:

NEVER TAKE YOUR PARENTS FOR GRANTED.

EVEN IF THEY HAVENT ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST PARENTS,

THEY CAN ONLY DO THE BEST THEY KNOW HOW...

Being a parent myself now, i have realized just how hard of a job it really is, even more so without the help and support of my parents..  sometimes i think of my self as a plant with no roots... its a pretty hollow feeling...

If my parents were alive, i cant say that i would call them every day, because like most people i probably wouldnt realize how much of an important part of our lives they are...

Believe me when they are gone, it leaves a very big empty hole in our lives...one that no other person could possibly fill..

Call them 2-3 times a week is what i say, you will be glad you did later on in life...

Skylee

 

I speak to my parents every day, if I don't ring them then they will always ring me.
I guess some may find that claustrophobic but I know that they are being caring and protective because of what I am going through and how ill I was last year
I love knowing they are on the end of a phone anytime

i call my mom nearly every day. its nice to just be able to have a conversation.

I don't phone my parents at all anymore, and if I received a phone call from my parents now I'd completely freak out!  But before they passed away, I lived close to them, so I used to visit every 2nd or 3rd day, even if it was just to pop in and see if they needed anything done, or whatever.  Because I visited so often I can't ever remember talking to my parents on the phone.

But, every family is different.  Some I know ritualistically phone once a week, some phone every few days, some only a couple of times a year.  It depends on circumstance.  If you parents and you are close (relationship wise, not geographically) you might want to call more often, but if they live a long way away and phone calls to them are expensive, you might call them only on special occasions.  If they are aging or ill, you might even call twice a day everyday.

If your parents are hinting that you are calling too often, if you are feeling like you want to call them less, or it is costing you too much to call them, then sure, cut it back a bit.  Otherwise, go with the flow.

I talk to my dad whenever I feel the need to. That could be twice a day or it could once in a fortnight. I also try to call my grandparents once a week and my mother-in-law whenever I need to.

I think it depends on the relationship your family has. I know of people who ring their parents every day!

If they sound tired keep it short but I 'm sure they love hearing from you.

Unless they ask you to stop don't worry.

Good luck,

Amy 

I ring my mum when ever it might  be twice a week or once in three week . Everyone  driffrent though  i have a friend thats talk everyday her parents.

I think it's really individual, and depends on all sorts of things, like how well you get on, how much time you have available, how much time they have available, etc.

My dad rings me every Sunday at approx 4pm! I was always forgetting in the busyness of life. And 4pm is not to bad for kids behaviour - daddy is usually about. And for my dad, that usually a good window of opportunity as mum will normally be glued to the telly for half an hour before tea so he doesnt have to watch her so closely. Mum almost never comes on the phone now (she has Alzheimers to accompany her long-running depression - she always hated phones but now she wont touch them). I'm not all that close to my parents and I'm not all that comfortable on the phone myself so I could easily leave it longer... Dad & I write each other a letter once a month, which we're both better at. Mum used to write but I think she's forgetting how now.

Mum-in-law, that's a different matter! She phones "for 5 minutes" and I get off 75 mins later! Cue bad behaviour from ignored 4 year old - I had to ask her only to ring in the evenings or at weekends when daddy is here. The crunch came when DD1 was 3 and m-i-l was on for >1hour. I got off to find potty emptied all over loo floor ("accident mummy") and DD1 in her pyjamas and shoes having got my garage key for the first time ever and unlocked & lifted the big garage door and cycling round and round our cul-de-sac at 10 am. What the neighbours thought I dread to think! So we mostly text now, at least once a day. But I have to be careful - I often text her just as we're going out of the door as if she has lots to say she'll ring back instead of typing - then I can listen to the answerphone at my convenience, if the tape doesnt run out of course!

As you might have guessed, I'm closer to my m-i-l, and she is a great source of advice, but only when asked (wise woman!) so that's why we speak so much more often. And in theory she has more time as she is not anyones carer at the moment.

I guess if you want to ring home more often, the only thing you can do is ask when the best time is for them and informally book it into both your diaries. And maybe ask them if it is inconvenient for them to use a stock phrase like "it's been a tiring day here" so you know to keep it short without them having to hit you between the eyes with "I really wish you hadnt phoned"?

 

We call each other once a week and one week it's her turn and the next week it's my turn and we call each other about 9 pm every time, as my daughter will be in bed asleep, and it's cheaper at that time also.

hi, I speak with my mum everyday if not more. I usually call her just to make sure she is ok. Not sure why I feel I have to do that but if I dont then I get this nagging feeling in me and I worry that she might have fallen and cant get to the phone ect. How bad is that lol! Where as my husband only talks with his dad and mum when he has to- no need to he says!

I speak to my mum every day, except on the weekends we tend to leave each other alone, I speak to my dad as well as he normally answers the phone.

Hi - I don't think there is a set amount of times that you can/cannot ring your parents . . .

I don't have real parents but a do have foster parents whom i call mum and dad and we phione and txt all the time!

Communitcation with our family is never a negative and trust me - most parents will let you know if your over doing it . . . Which by the way will probably NEVER happen.

my mum and i ring eachother all the time! usually on mon, tues and wed. coz she works shift work and im too scared to wake her when she is asleep LOL!!
but we just live a couple of blocks away anyway and we go shopping every tuesday too!

luv chan

No as l ring my mum everyday....just so she know we care