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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 644403" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>We are leasing a third car. We live in a small-ish city that's sort of suburban, sort of farm, sort of city, and do not have good bus service. I end up driving difficult child everywhere, especially to work. We told him that he could have/use a car if he got a job and paid for part of the insurance and gas and kept his grades up.</p><p>I paid for driver's ed and spent nearly 3X the amount of training/driving/practice time with him that was required. He is impulsive and does not have good judgment, and I wanted to make sure he had as much experience as possible with an adult beside him. I do worry about him crashing and being killed. I have to force myself not to think about it. He accelerates too fast to achieve the speed limit, and he tailgates, but he does follow the law, and is very aware of road rage and aggressive drivers in Hummers and SUVs. The time was fast approaching toward his 18th birthday, and he would be able to take driver's ed on his own, and get his own license, so I wanted to know that I did the very best I could to train him. There is only a small window of time to teach him certain things, and I treated it like a gift and gave it my all.</p><p></p><p>His grades have plummeted (one F at last report card in Dec., 3 Fs as of today). And it appears as though he will lose his first job, due to his lack of responsibility. We also found *something* in a bag in the car that appears to be pot, spice, tobacco or some combination thereof.</p><p></p><p>No more car. It is now husband's 2nd car.</p><p></p><p>P.S. My grandmother told all of us 5 kids that she would give a car to anyone who graduated from college. What a great incentive! Three of the five of us got cars. I still wonder who dropped my older sisters on their heads. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 644403, member: 3419"] We are leasing a third car. We live in a small-ish city that's sort of suburban, sort of farm, sort of city, and do not have good bus service. I end up driving difficult child everywhere, especially to work. We told him that he could have/use a car if he got a job and paid for part of the insurance and gas and kept his grades up. I paid for driver's ed and spent nearly 3X the amount of training/driving/practice time with him that was required. He is impulsive and does not have good judgment, and I wanted to make sure he had as much experience as possible with an adult beside him. I do worry about him crashing and being killed. I have to force myself not to think about it. He accelerates too fast to achieve the speed limit, and he tailgates, but he does follow the law, and is very aware of road rage and aggressive drivers in Hummers and SUVs. The time was fast approaching toward his 18th birthday, and he would be able to take driver's ed on his own, and get his own license, so I wanted to know that I did the very best I could to train him. There is only a small window of time to teach him certain things, and I treated it like a gift and gave it my all. His grades have plummeted (one F at last report card in Dec., 3 Fs as of today). And it appears as though he will lose his first job, due to his lack of responsibility. We also found *something* in a bag in the car that appears to be pot, spice, tobacco or some combination thereof. No more car. It is now husband's 2nd car. P.S. My grandmother told all of us 5 kids that she would give a car to anyone who graduated from college. What a great incentive! Three of the five of us got cars. I still wonder who dropped my older sisters on their heads. ;) [/QUOTE]
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