As any parent knows, communicating with your child can be a challenge. Parents compete with friends, technology and screens, and just about anything else they’d rather do than have a heart-to-heart talk with mom and dad.
Fred Peipman, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist in San Francisco, says one technique that may be helpful is using the time in the car to talk. “There are a number of reasons why this seems to be more effective than a lecture or ‘discussion’ at home or elsewhere,” he says. They are:
✪ You have a captive audience. Your passenger cannot leave at any time (at least safely).
✪ Sitting beside or, better yet, behind a parent can feel
