Will She Ever Stop Talking?
Listening to kids
3 min readFeb 24, 2022
We’re on a long drive. My daughter is strapped into a car seat. She’s maybe 18 months old and babbling nonstop. Jokingly, I say, “Sweetheart, will you ever stop talking?”
Her reply is crystal clear.
“No.”
Eleven years later and she’s still chattering away. On the way to school and back, through meals, in the…