Consider yourself warned!
A guide for those who think they want children.
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Two weeks ago, my kids and I went on a road trip. Our trip lasted ten days. We, meaning I, drove to Atlanta stopping in Washington, Charlottesville, Durham, and Charlotte to visit colleges (with the exception of Charlotte, there we just stopped there to visit friends).
I have to admit, at first I was dreading this trip. All I could think about was how would I survive being in the car for days with teenagers? These kids have perfected the art of war at home. I could only imagine what it was going to be like trapped in the car. At least at home they can each retreat into their own rooms. Where could they go in a moving car? But, I have to admit, it was nowhere as bad as I thought it would be. In fact, for the most part, it was actually fun. It had been a long time since we did a road trip like that and I had forgotten how a long car trip could bring a family closer together. When we left Brooklyn, my son whipped out the speakers and played music from the Pandora app on his phone. Don’t you love technology? We were singing like we were the black Partridge Family riding down I-95 in a silver Mazda SUV (I know I dated myself with that Partridge Family reference .. oh well. I know some of you remember that show. If not, Google it.). It was fun at first, that is until we got tired of the music he was playing. Eventually, my daughter wanted to listen to the Hamilton sound track, which her brother and I are sick of hearing, and I wanted to listen to something a little more mellow than Nikki Minaj. So what to do? Herein lies the first of many lessons that I learned while road tripping with teenagers:
So, Consider Yourself Warned!
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SassyGirlTye lives with her two wonderful teenagers in Brooklyn, New York. No matter what she says in her posts, she truly loves her children with all her heart.
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