20 Minutes
Lately, after getting home from any adventure outside the house, our daughter B likes to "drive." This means that we as parents allow our 22-month-old daughter sit in the front seat, play with the steering wheel, while a parent sits in the passenger seat as a reassurance she doesn't take the vehicle out of park or set the radio as loud as it can go for mom the next morning. Daddy's car=Lots of treasure As she crawls from her unbuckled car seat in the back, into the front drivers seat, you see her face light up, like mine in a candy store. The options, switches, things to touch and things that respond back to her by lighting up, all a possibility at her little fingertips now. I am merely present sitting shotgun as she decides what to do first. She mentions "drive," as a general term, for she barely touches the steering wheel. She does grasp the concept of driving however because she knows mommy and daddy do it. She reminds us of this anytime we go s...