Reply to Why do kids seem to be driving later than they used to "back in the day"?

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "Why do kids seem to be driving later than they used to "back in the day"?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The jurisdictions around here have made it much more time consuming to get a license. In MD they can’t test until at least 16.5. Before that, there’s a lengthy (extracurricular) classroom training, 60 hours behind the wheel with an adult driver, and 3 2-hour sessions with a professional instructor. Scheduling all of that introduces a lot of delay.

Beyond that, at least some kids nowadays lived a near-virtual life long before covid. [b]They don’t need to go out to see their friends. [/b]Some kids also think cars and responsibility are “scary.”  There’s some truth in that. Driving in this metropolitan area is awful. The level of recklessness, aggressiveness, and pure lack of skill is astounding. Many drivers seem at best oblivious to other vehicles, others narcissistically malicious.  So there’s good reason for kids and parents to be concerned.

On the other side of the equation, the later a kid learns to and starts driving the less experience they will have when they go away to school or otherwise become emancipated. Better a licensed young driver still being coached by a parent passenger than a half-formed one out on their own. [/quote]

They need to go out to see their friends in person.  You think a FaceTime call is the same as going out with friends?   :shock:   Not even close to being the same mentally or physically.  [/quote]

They may need (as in benefit from) all sorts of things; they don’t “need” (as in feel the necessity of in their own life) lots of those same things.

So I’m not making a judgement, I’m reporting a fact based on observation of lots of kids. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics