On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 12:36 PM, Katie Robles wrote:
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None of her friends have their permit or license.? The parents don't want to spend the money on insurance, take the time to teach their kids how to drive as the school doesn't offer drivers ed, or take the time to deal with all the DMV requirements.?
I loved the joy of your post, and this paragraph reminded me of Adventures in Babysitting (a good film from the old days) and of Ferris Beuller's Day Off, and of less joyful "adventure" stories.?
Kirby's family had their SUV and my older mini-van, which I gave them as a gift when they had their third child.? Their other car was old, and a sedan.
A teen cousin / niece of that family picked Devyn (13) up from school (along with her friend), and though no one in the car was hurt, they were hit (fault half and half) and that van was totalled.? Turns out it was still in my name (after two years, though we had signed over the title...)? so it also hadn't had the registration renewed.? ??
The place where the accident was had been messed up by the city for weeks, and my husband had a minor fender-bender there, too, because of it, so it wasn't a safe place for a teen to even try to drive. ALSO, her friends without any driver's ed training or without knowing the things she will need to know to pass the test won't be as aware of the realities and the dangers of being a newish driver.? They've probably only been with long-experienced drivers, and could (WOULD) easily distract and tease and goad her into stupidity without even knowing they were doing it. :-)
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What I mean to say is... please remind her in a calm and a humorous manner that her friends might try to pressure her to secretly take them places, and that it's only a good idea to sneak off in a car in comedy movies (oh... not even then!) :-)??
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This part is beautiful:
This is kind of a scary-ish new thing for us as parents.? My daughter real wants to move out and be more independent as early as she can.? I know if we've spent as much time as possible driving with her before that point it will help once she is moved out and also help her not feel so stuck right now.?
It's really nice to be able to do this for her and that we can afford the extra insurance financially.?
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Sandra
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If you're watching Cobra Kai at your house (if), then Adventures in Babysitting has a tie-in (Elizabeth Shue stars).
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(If this doesn't look like Sandra Dodd's e-mail, it is one.? "AElflaed" is my medieval-studies/SCA name.)
