Seldom do I travel without my children, but when I do we make a habit of using FaceTime or Skype to talk face to face. I use the word "talk" loosely, since what usually happens is one or two or all three kids will get a serious case of the giggles or ants in their pants, hamming it up, or they physically push one another out of the camera frame, or worse yet they don't say anything at all. What little interaction we have during these calls feels less meaningful than what I h