<p>Just a tip I thought I would share that helped my parents when I would call home: have both parents on the line at the same time.</p>
<p>I know it makes the sound quality a little degraded, but when I first went to KP I'd do the whole talk to mom and then talk to dad thing. They quickly realized that the second person got the short end of the stick as I had to retell every story over and it would become very truncated. They realized if they shared the line I could tell the story once and they both got the good version. Just a thought, might give it a try if you haven't thought of it yet.</p>