fall in love, and have family on our own. And while these experiences are wonderful and simply part of life, they also have a tendency to distract us from our relationship with our parents. Between the long working hours and and the chaos daily life brings, there’s rarely much time and energy left for those long, soul-searching phone calls or weekend visits. If distance, such as moving to another city or country, enters the equation, then keeping contact becomes a steeper uphill climb.
Data backs this up. Studies have shown that distance truly is a hurdle when it comes to staying close with your parents. In fact, a study published in the Journal of Population Ageing found that the farther away you are from someone, the less face-to-face interactions you have with the other person, which can cause the spark to die down gradually.
Pew Research Center also recently explained
