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Sweet Jesus.  How old are your kids?  Because my son is 17.  He has a job.  He drives himself to sports- for example Legion baseball doesn't have buses, kids carpool and travel together, sometimes up to an hour away.  He takes his girlfriend out on dates.  He's going shopping today to buy her an gift- kinda tough when both parents work.

Listen- my kid is moving out of our house in about 14 months.  If you honestly think you can foster independence by keeping him in bubble wrap until he's 18, I will strongly disagree.  Driving a car has very little to do with being the "cool kid".  [/quote]

Does fostering independence require a driver's license? You can't have an independent kid unless the kid has a driver's license and access to a car?[/quote]

I think it adds to it. [b] Are you seriously going to drive your kid to and from a job?  Drive him on dates?  Take him to his friends' houses[/b]?

How old are your kids and when did YOU start driving?  I'm genuinely curious.  [/quote]

Not the PP you're responding to but NO, i won't, because we bought in the city where he can get his own ass to school, friends houses, dates, etc without ever needing to get behind the wheel. My kids' safety and independence was more important to us than 5 bedrooms and a big yard. [/quote]

But I live in an area with no public transportation.  It is literally impossible to get to a job, go on a date, or go to friends' houses without walking, riding a bike, or driving a car.  And driving a car is safer than riding a bike 10 miles on a county road to a friends house on Saturday night.

Here's a newsflash- not everybody lives the life YOU live.

You failed to answer part of my question- how old are your kids?  [/quote]

Too bad you chose a big house and yard over your kids safety, guess you don't love them as much as I love mine. [/quote]

So kids who drive cars are unloved and dumb.  How exactly does this further the discussion of teens driving to drinking parties and the car accidents that follow?[/quote]

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