In the Car

I am a big believer in using any moment as a teaching moment…these can happen in some interesting places, the grocery store, on a ferry, at the beach but a lot of them happen in the car. This could be because we spend a lot of time in the car.

I have found that the car is a great place to talk to your kids…they can’t escape! Although mine have said to me once or twice “can we stop talking now” Can’t really blame them, I am a girl and they are boys so I use twice as many words than are necessary.

Topics can range from, what is segregation, how to do long division, to dating and sex (not a good topic for heavy traffic). I am not sure why we always have the most in depth conversations in the car but I quite enjoy it.

Communication is such an important relationship and life tool. The more my kids communicate and ask me questions and learn about life, the world and their journey the better.

I took a seminar a few years ago called Boys Smarts with Barry MacDonald. If you have a boy, are a boy, want to know more about supporting boys or about how the boy brain works I highly recommend this seminar and the books. Here is a link to the website http://www.mentoringboys.com/