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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He sees you as safe.  I am in the same position.

I think you two need to have a talk about deescalating the school ride so the day starts well, but other than that, this is your family's division of labor.[/quote]

Yes, the morning rides bother me the most, because I feel like it starts his day off so badly. I want him to be open and don't want to shut that down; happy to talk at other times. But this seems like the flip side of what I always try not to do, which is bring up negative topics or lecture before sending a kid off to school. Instead, he does it, which still has the same effect for his day, I would think.

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Hi OP - I'm the PP.

If you bring this up one evening when things are calm and homework is done and simply say "Our school rides are leaving you upset, which is a hard way to start the day and not my intent. I hate starting to talk about something serious and then have to cut you off when we pull in to the kiss and drop.  You know I don't want to shut you down when you bring up important or tough topics, but I wonder if we can come up with some ideas to keep the mornings easier without making you feel like I don't care."

In our family, we'd banned talk of school in the car.  We stuck to politics, believe it or not.[/quote]

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