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Tell Me Why

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You are here: Home » Tell Me Why The boys, Christopher (left) and Nico at an Archery lesson during the summer vacation at Unicoi State Park ,June 12. 2017 (10:51 AM)  June 20, 2017 No parent should ever give in to the demands of a 7-year-old. But my 7-year-old has been so demanding about having his questions answered, as I recently found out on a 13-hour road trip to Northern Georgia, that I couldn't avoid his inquisition and ignore answering anything that crossed his mind. Christopher pushes me for information about anything that pops into his mind. I cannot answer all of his questions in a timely fashion while he rapidly fires them at me like hellfire missiles, and he becomes frustrated. "Tell me, Dad. Why aren't you telling me? Tell me now, why, why!" Today, he knows he has me captive. At the same time, I drove our rented 2017 Nissan Rouge towards the mountains of Georgia, leaving the flat land of Southern Florida behind us. When you live in a beach en...