Mom's VIP Car Rides: The Last Safe Space Before Tween Goes Dark Mode
KEY POINTS
- ā¢Ashley Archambault, once a local library employee, uses daily car rides to keep bonding with her now-12-year-old son.
- ā¢Since her sonās recent shift to tween status, his social life exploded with parties and phone chats, reducing mother-son talks.
- ā¢Ashley respects his space by letting conversations flow naturally during drives, reassuring him sheāll always be there.
Ashley Archambault, former local library worker and now full-time chauffeur to her 12-year-old son, swears by driving him around as the ultimate tween relationship glue. Inspired by her bossās teenage taxi wisdom, Ashley battles the eerie silence that descended as her boy morphed overnight into a tween social butterfly glued to phone calls and online games. Amid party invites and the looming horrifying reality of his first part-time job, Ashley treasures practices, games, and school commutes as 'white flag zones' where they softly power-nap-together-with-chatter. Sheās learned not to force deep talks or discipline mid-drive, knowing the carās the only guaranteed WiFi-oblivious bonding capsule before her chauffeur job gets outsourced to Lyft.
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Driving your kid around isnāt just transportāitās the last surviving hostage situation before tween silence apocalypse sets in.
Tween muteness activates once Bluetooth hits. Momās car: last bastion of awkward silence and forced friendship.
Kids hit tweendom and suddenly the family car becomes a passive-aggressive therapistās couch on wheels.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 2/21/2026 | Author: Ashley Archambault
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