I'll confirm the effectiveness of the conversation while driving. I have learned the hard way that despite my best efforts at controlling my outward demeanour that I can come across intimidatingly to my dd8 face to face. I am a pretty intense person while on the trail of an answer to an 8 year old it seems - a painful truth to deal with but nevertheless the truth.
The same question that will elicite nada 'face to face' often starts a conversation lasting the entire journey whenI ask it while driving. The lack of eye contact is a huge benefit it seems.
