“Why?”.…Yes, the first, “WHY?” poured from her lips yesterday. I said we were not going to go to gymnastics open gym and she asked me why. After giving her a satisfactory answer, she continued to ask me. This is the sign of things to come. Curiosity is a fine trait, but broken record questions can be a tad tiring. 
The question I enjoy hearing is, “How are you?” This has been a question she asks on her Minnie Mouse “phone” (it’s a mirror but I don’t want to diminish this pleasure) to the people she calls. Today, however, as we walked up the stairs, she said, “Mom, how are you?” I returned the question, and she says, good. Now, was that sufficient? No. She then asked the surroundings in the house how they were. I told her to ask follow up questions like, “Are you happy today?”
Basically, Tatum has to be continually talking. If it is not to me, it is on her little mirror. If I try to get a word in, she says, “S-cuse me, talking!”
Now, I can only project what life will be like with a questioning, conversing, monologuing, garrulous child/teen. It can mean life will never ever be boring. The key is for me to teach her the part where you turn it off and use those things on the side of your head. God even gave us TWO! “Know this, my beloved [Tatum] : let [you] be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger” (James 1:19)
She will blossom into an articulate leader who can influence others for GOOD!