Oh my....when we go on 36 hour straight car trips with our DS8 and DS6 we pack lots of books and listen to music and play car games and talk and sing songs and eat carrot sticks and raisins and talk and sing songs...I feel so sorry for those families that have to rely on electronic devices to distract their children for a car trip.............so sad...
WAIT A MINUTE!! I'm not on the CB, AM I???
OK, the TRUTH...
I load up the little buggers with as much electronic fun that I can afford...Gameboys, DVD players, whatever it takes...I pack on a sugar buzz with candy, cookies, juice boxes, whatever they can shove into their mouths so that I don't have to hear that....."ARE WE THERE YET??"" I pack new little toys to amuse, coloring books, whatever, whatever....I don't care if it's not educational, as long as it distracts...We just want it quiet.
I feel much better now, the truth has set me free.