i get this so much  my 8 year old talks and talks and talks and talks and talks and talks  i want to listen  i want to be engaged but i am also sitting the edge of a nuclear apocalypse because he wont shut up especially if ive had to go into the office that day and deal with people in person im already done with human beings by the time i get home and i feel terrible that im not there for him without being on the edge of duct taping his mouth shut