Sidwell student driving Lexus SUV - Crazy texting and driving . . .

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Anonymous wrote:I agree that putting your HS kid in a car like this, is the biggest parenting error, along with sending them off to parties to get drunk and drugged.

This is "the biggest parenting error" .... really.

How do you know that the car isnt used and that the kid may have worked for it and earned it.

Its all relative. The family may be able to easily afford a Maserati and the kid may be driving a 10 year - 100K miles SUV.

Sure your life would survive such scrutiny. By the way - you say this is the "biggest parent error" likely means you are committing many more serious and egregious errors than this one.

Who cares what kind of car they're driving? It's not like you're less dead if the reckless teenage driver who ran you over was driving a 15-year-old minivan.

Sorry, guys, I wasn't referring to the type of car. I meant doing the whole car thing everyday. I simply don't think it's the wisest parenting decision, any more than sending your kid off to parties.

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Anonymous wrote:It's probably just my imagination. But I was on the lookout for reckless drivers this morning heading on Wisconsin Avenue, just for the heck of it. There is a lot of road work going on, and it can get confusing with may lane shifts and closures. I noticed a small black SUV with many stickers, the only one I could read was "Cathedral" (but I assume he must be an STA student). He was driving textbook perfect. 10 and 2 position. Using his mirrors. Putting on his turn signal. Driving carefully and cautiously. Right at the speed limit. I seriously wonder whether his mom saw this post, asked him whether he was the "oblivious" driver talked about the other day, and knocked some sense into him. If so, well done mom (and pp and DCUM).

FYI, it's no longer 10 and 2 (although after decades of driving I can't break the habit). Due to airbags, proper positioning being taught in public schools and private driving schools is 9 and 3 o'clock. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/get-times-youre-driving-all-wrong-518710

Thanks for the link! I didn't realize airbags could amputate your hands, etc. Something else to worry about now!!

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FYI, it's no longer 10 and 2 (although after decades of driving I can't break the habit). Due to airbags, proper positioning being taught in public schools and private driving schools is 9 and 3 o'clock. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/get-times-youre-driving-all-wrong-518710

Yeah but when you are making it all anyway, does it really matter? And how do you see where the kids hands are? Why don't you look where you are driving? And how did you see the stickers on the back and on the kid's hands on the steering wheel?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a parent of a recent Sidwell graduate. My DC was seen driving dangerously three years ago and someone called the school to report it. The school 1) figured out who it was, 2) called DC into the Dean's office, 3) put him on restricted privileges for a week, 4) notified us so we could follow up at home (we did), and 5) did not put it into his record or notify colleges. So yes, you should call the school and no, it will not ruin the teen's life.

Thank you for posting. You sound like a responsible and reasonable parent. Thanks for being a grownup and setting an example for other parents. My child's still in elementary school and I, too, would want to know if he was driving dangerously and would take appropriate action one notified of his irresponsible and reckless behavior.

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LET HIM BE HATERS!

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BACK OFF HATERS

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pp, why are you bumping this up? I guess you want more scrutiny on the original topic?

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Anonymous wrote:BACK OFF HATERS

Thanks, Teen Avenger!

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Anonymous wrote:BACK OFF HATERS

Thanks, Teen Avenger!

. . . and thank you, Awed Bystander, for using the comma correctly!

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Hahaha someone spoke about this during Meeting for Worship today to say goodbye to their graduating sibling

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who ever posted this i urge you to go do something with your life. being a 50 year old stay at home mom who posts on dc urban mom is never a good look.

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lol

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Anonymous wrote:who ever posted this i urge you to go do something with your life. being a 50 year old stay at home mom who posts on dc urban mom is never a good look.

I just think that there are better ways to deal with this issue than this forum. I just finished reading all of it, and I must say it was very superficial, petty, and self-righteous. If there is a problem, then let the school know. You can let the forum know as well, but this post went far too greatly into specifics. It is just not appropriate. A more appropriate post would be around the lines of, "I saw a student driving recklessly today on his commute to school. How should I handle this situation?" I agree with the person whom I quoted: there are better ways to deal with this issue than this detailed, slanderous, superficial, etc. post. There might have been good intentions behind the post; however, the post seemed to me more as though the poster were venting or attempting vengeance upon the person or school.

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I'm a Sidwell parent who believes that dangerous driving shoudl be reported to the school so that it can reported to the parents. I assume parents at other schools feel the same way. My kid's not a great driver but he thinks he is.

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Anonymous wrote:Hahaha someone spoke about this during Meeting for Worship today to say goodbye to their graduating sibling

What was said about it? If it was presented as a lesson learned, then OP's sharing of this information here, rather than sharing the information only with school officials, would seem to have been an effective way to get the message out. If it were presented as more of a laughing matter, then I would be especially concerned.