<p>And there’s a difference between checking in and your parents not being able to get ahold of each other. My parents and I might go quite a while before talking to each other (we’ve gone probably up to two weeks with nothing) but if they were trying to get ahold of me or vice versa for over a week with no response then you bet your butt that we’d be in trouble with one another (including if my parents made me worry for a week).</p>