My kids do not want to talk to me. They will talk to me face to face when forced, but I actually find extracting the impacted wisdom teeth off a 6'4 linebacker from Memphis State easier to do than carry on a conversation with my kids in person.
A funny thing happened a couple years back while I was traveling a lot for work. They started texting me. At first it was small messages throughout the day: "Hey mom!" "I miss you!" "When are you coming home?"