#VanLife (No, Not That Kind)
The Mom Hour
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4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Between our kids’ school schedules, extracurricular activities, and social plans, we spend a lot of time driving them around. And when they get older and start driving themselves, a whole new world of independence (and issues) presents itself. In this special episode of The Mom Hour, Meagan and Sarah talk about how we use car time to connect with our kids and how we handle some of the challenges that crop up over time, from crying babies and sibling squabbles to sensory overload and car sickness. Buckle up!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Sarah and I'm Megan. We're two moms with eight kids between us from |
| 0:05.2 | little to grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages |
| 0:09.0 | of life, but we both know that motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share |
| 0:12.7 | tips and encouragement. And remind you that it's really all gonna be okay. We're |
| 0:16.6 | not experts. We're parents who've been there. We're not perfect. We're real. |
| 0:19.9 | Welcome to the mom hour. Hi everyone and welcome to the mom hour. I am Megan |
| 0:26.2 | Francis here with Sarah Powers. Hi Sarah. Hi Megan. Happy Friday. Happy Friday. |
| 0:32.4 | Surprise everyone. We're popping in to say hi and talk about Hashtag Van |
| 0:38.7 | Life. But not the kind where you get to, you know, ride around in a van with |
| 0:44.7 | like just by yourself or your best friend or your significant other or |
| 0:48.7 | whatever and sleep in the back, whatever. That's not what we're talking about |
| 0:51.4 | today. It's not Van down by the river. It's not a |
| 0:54.8 | made over school bus like we just talked about in our cozy spaces. Yes. And |
| 1:00.0 | actually it was funny. Recently there was an article in The New York Times that |
| 1:04.2 | was like about, you know, somebody tried out Van Life and did not enjoy it. And |
| 1:09.4 | it made me kind of chuckle because I was thinking about like, Van Life has |
| 1:13.8 | become this idea of like a young single carefree person, you know, road tripping. |
| 1:21.2 | But moms are the OG Van Lifeers. I think you're right. And if not, if not like |
| 1:28.5 | conversion vans, then many vans or station wagons or SUVs like we, we have lived |
| 1:34.0 | in a car more than anybody without kids can even like imagine. Think of it this way. |
| 1:41.1 | Like if the, if the essence and ethos of Van Life is having everything you need |
| 1:46.1 | within an arm's reach in a, in a vehicle that could get on the road at any time, |
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