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Everyone may jump in here on me, but this is what I did. I have three children, all grown now. They got to learn to drive and drive our cars under supervision for a long time. No supervision, no driving. After while, they got to drive our vehicles alone, no riders. When they had enough money to buy a car, pay for insurance and gas then the bought one. The end. Now that almost all of them are parents with one of them coming to this fork in the road about driving, they all agree that we were fair, they were safe, and learned that when you want something it is better to pay for it with your own money, preferably cash. They all told me they would do the same with their children. When they lived here and drove our vehicles we paid for the gas and insurance because they were our dependents. They learned that if they had their own cars they would lose a valuable perk of living here. I think that sometimes teenagers have too much freedom and too many ways to get into trouble. Vehicles driven by teen "owners" just multiply that risk. I have to say that it would have been easier for us to give them a car or given them more "freedom" with ours because I hate to run errands and drive places and it really took a lot for us to keep up with all of them and their "driving needs." Like who would drive when and whose turn it was next, but it worked.
Besides, on another note, I live in your state and have driven in Vegas frequently. Wow, what a place to place a new driver! It is so bad on your ramps there at rush hour that if there was a way for me to drive with my eyes closed I would!
Good luck and whatever you choose just keep up with them and if you can get them driving lessons from a pro. When I was young everyone in my state had that for free at school and it was worth the taxpayers' money to give that to us. Times have changed and now, according to my kids, all you have to do is start the car, belt up, drive around the block and not hit anything and you are presto, a licensed driver! That is pretty scary. |
Suggestions: - nana
