My DS18 got his permit at 15 and 9 months; my DS15 is eager to get his right on time, as well.

It is definitely a trend with kids this age to delay getting their licenses. Kids, in general, are delaying many of the milestones of growing up and gaining independence.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation/534198/

"Even driving, a symbol of adolescent freedom inscribed in American popular culture, from Rebel Without a Cause to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, has lost its appeal for today’s teens. Nearly all Boomer high-school students had their driver’s license by the spring of their senior year; more than one in four teens today still lack one at the end of high school. For some, Mom and Dad are such good chauffeurs that there’s no urgent need to drive. “My parents drove me everywhere and never complained, so I always had rides,” a 21-year-old student in San Diego told me. “I didn’t get my license until my mom told me I had to because she could not keep driving me to school.” She finally got her license six months after her 18th birthday. In conversation after conversation, teens described getting their license as something to be nagged into by their parents—a notion that would have been unthinkable to previous generations."

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Anonymous wrote:OMG they better be. It's a life skill. I would say it's the parents responsibility to make sure they drive and are a good driver. I would be disappointed in any parent that didn't.

I think saying you would be disappointed in any parent because kid does not drive is a bit over the top..while I want my kids to know there are plenty of people who don't drive and yet live productive and happy lives. You should really check your priviledge, pp.

Soooo cliche'.

No but we will force the issue. Just like swimming.

My kids got permits at 14. All five of them got their license as soon as they turned 16.

Mine isn’t interested at all.

Not at all. Scared, in fact. He has ADHD and knows very well the dangers of being inattentive at the wheel.

But then we're European and see no rush to drive. My cousin got her license in her late 20s. My friends and I in our late teens, early 20s.

I would be more wary of silly youngsters who are eager to drive, and even more wary of stupid parents with opinions such as 19:23's.

I have twins. One is more interested. The other is clearly stressed out about learning. This is a difficult area to learn to drive compared to where I did in the Midwest.

Yes, daughter got her permit and license on the first day she was eligible.

Anonymous wrote:OMG they better be. It's a life skill. I would say it's the parents responsibility to make sure they drive and are a good driver. I would be disappointed in any parent that didn't.

I think saying you would be disappointed in any parent because kid does not drive is a bit over the top..while I want my kids to know there are plenty of people who don't drive and yet live productive and happy lives. You should really check your priviledge, pp.

OMG they better be. It's a life skill. I would say it's the parents responsibility to make sure they drive and are a good driver. I would be disappointed in any parent that didn't.

Yes, all my sons' friend are eager to get their license.

They uber also. It's not either or.

My Wilson HS kid in DC is not interested - I finally had to force him to get his learners permit at 17. Most of his peers are not interested either.

My friends' kids in the city are not interested. I think it is because they can go anywhere with Uber so easily. Parking is hard (both in terms of difficulty/fear for a new driver and finding it) in the city.

My boys are very interested. My oldest got his permit right at 15 & 9 months. He had no problem passing the test. My other is counting down to his permit.

When I was a kid everyone was eager to get their license. I had a school permit to drive to school and back at 15. My neice in the midwest is 15 and driving with a parent. My own 15 yr old has shown zero interest in getting her permit.

Are kids in the DMV just not interested in driving because it is so complex and stressful?