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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. This is our 2nd road trip ever with kids. All of our relatives & grandparents live local, within 30 min. drive. Their schools are a few minutes away drive from home, and all of camps/classes are within 5 min to max 1 hr drive. I think the biggest 2 problems is DH listening to his favorite metal music while driving & the 6 year old talking nonstop/bothering 9 year old. I can't complain much because he is the driver, and he says that he wants to enjoy his drive listening to his music. No one loves that heavy metal music in the car, except him.

We are flying to CA from DC in August, and I have to make sure that they both have window seats to look at clouds. [/quote]

Tell your DH he can’t listen exclusively to his music in the car — let everyone take turns choosing a song and rotate in audiobooks too.  You’ll have to engage with the 6yo.  That’s too long for them to amuse themselves constantly if they’re not used to it.  Play word games with them or let them have a movie on the iPad.  9yo will probably join in or read to themselves if you parent their sibling.

And yeah, clouds will only amuse for 10 minutes; make sure you have things to entertain your kids for the remainder 5 hours of the flight.[/quote]

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