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Welcome to BBC Xtra English.

Today Amber and Louay talk about how often people telephone their mothers.

Cherie Blair, the wife of Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, says that now that her children are young adults, and have left home, they still keep in touch with her regularly by phone.

Speaking to the American magazine Vanity Fair, Cherie Blair says she is still very involved in her adult children's lives.

Reports by the BBC News Magazine website, suggest this is part of a generational shift.

Mobile phones, email, and other forms of instant communication have created an expectation that adult children will remain in touch with their parents more than ever before.

The mobile phone has been given a nickname by some children and parents - the 'digital leash'.

The BBC spoke with some grown up children. Two students were in touch with their mothers everyday.

This constant contact between parent and grown child has been given a name. It is called 'helicopter parenting'.

The term relates to what a helicopter does. They can hover over things.

So a 'helicopter parent' hovers over their child looking after them constantly, rather than letting them push away from the family home by themselves.

Getting started in adult life is often thought of as getting harder for children in some areas of the world. This may be a reason for the increased contact with parents.

Do you call your parents regularly? Why?

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young adults
شبان

generational shift
تغير جيلي/ تغير من جيل الى جيل

an expectation
توقع

in touch
على اتصال

nickname
كنية

digital leash
رباط إلكتروني

helicopter parenting
اصطلاح يعني مراقبة الأبناء عن بعد

hover
تحوم

push away
الابتعادا

getting started
البدء في أمر أو مرحلة ما

Widad, Omdurman, Sudan
in our society people keep in touch with their parents and the whole family until they die it's our tradition and also a religious value and order to be in touch with those who have blood relation.

Hanaa, Cairo
I am living already with my parents but I do not show him before mid night and I do not can leave any day without show and talk with them because I feel my parents most important some thing in my life.

Sama, Baghdad, Iraq
Hi bbc extra... I live with my family. but I have friends who lived in dormitory.. they should depend on themselves in cooking, cleaning their rooms, washing clothes, etc..but they enjoy their time together by chatting & also they sometimes study in groups. It's nice to have your independent life so you can face your problems alone & make decisions. But sure they miss their families.

Hamza, Algeria
For me I'm in touch with my family by phone, especially when I was in my first university year but this leash decrease now because I haven't enough time,i think parents have to hover over their children by calling them especially in their first year for not push away.

Ahmed, Kuwait
I call my parents every week. because I work in Kuwait and they are in Egypt so I miss them too much and I know some people call their parents every day.our Alaah order us to take care of them and respect them as much as we can. Really I don't respect any one who does not care of his parents, he is selfish and rude.

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