Adam - great points! It's that switch that the focus needs to be on me and my wants and not on the R/W.

She was very upbeat when I called last night. I asked questions bout her day, etc. Kept it short and said I wanted to talk to the kids before they started the bed time routine. Did my thing and really asked a lot of questions and was patient with the answers, validated the kids. By far the longest I've stayed on the phone with the kids while