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I've noticed that some of the best conversations that CJ and I have take place in that in-between time when I'm shuttling CJ around in the car.
I wonder why this is.
Is the back of my head more conducive to chit-chat than my face? Does my attentive, listening face scare off the big questions?
Or is it the gentle lull of the engine that brings out the deep thoughts from the recesses of my son's four-year old brain?
Is it simply the fact that there's nothing else to do?
Whatever the reason, these car-ride conversations are just another reason that I'm glad to be a stay-at-home mom. I can't predict when CJ will pipe up with a question about death or growing up or babies or cigarettes but I'm always glad that I'm the one who is there to answer it.
Even when I don't know what to say.
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Posted by Nonsense Nancy at 6/10/08 10:03 a.m.
This is precisely why we dont allow our kids to watch movies in the car unless its a trip of an hour or more. I have older kids and I find that they like to talk to me in the car because there is nobody else there. My older daughter is in High School and often will ask "Mom can we go get a coffee, just you and me?" And off we go get a coffee then she will ask to take the long way home, I love that time alone with her, even if I dont get anything. She really opens up to me on those rides. Too bad gas is getting so dang expensive, but I will pay it just to keep those conversations going!