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<blockquote data-quote="Irene_J" data-source="post: 97395" data-attributes="member: 181"><p>Nancy, our situations seem so similar. In our township there was a bridge where homeless people would gather or sleep. She used to tell me sarcastically that her own mother was going to make her live under a bridge where she could be assaulted or killed. I would answer that it was her choice and she knew I meant it.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child got a permit when she was 17 and her license a year later. Because she didn't attend drivers' education, NJ laws governed the schedule of obtaining her license, how many she could have in the car, and the hours she could drive. She is actually a very careful driver. Having a car means alot to her. </p><p></p><p>When she was 18, she saved up about 1/2 needed for an old clunker and I helped with the balance. She pays for her own insurance and my name is not on the car.</p><p></p><p>If you feel your difficult child is not ready to drive, then put it off. When my difficult child was 16, I didn't think she was ready and would not teach her to drive my car or pay for lessons. And she had to wait (and I had to hear her complain). I'm not sure things would have turned out as well if I had let her drive at 16.</p><p></p><p>From what you have written, you have reason to hope. Even though it doesn't seem like it, they actually do remember some of what we have tried to teach them. There was a time I thought my difficult child would turn up in jail, pregnant or on the streets. Now I can proudly say my daughter is in college and wants to be a teacher.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Irene_J, post: 97395, member: 181"] Nancy, our situations seem so similar. In our township there was a bridge where homeless people would gather or sleep. She used to tell me sarcastically that her own mother was going to make her live under a bridge where she could be assaulted or killed. I would answer that it was her choice and she knew I meant it. My difficult child got a permit when she was 17 and her license a year later. Because she didn't attend drivers' education, NJ laws governed the schedule of obtaining her license, how many she could have in the car, and the hours she could drive. She is actually a very careful driver. Having a car means alot to her. When she was 18, she saved up about 1/2 needed for an old clunker and I helped with the balance. She pays for her own insurance and my name is not on the car. If you feel your difficult child is not ready to drive, then put it off. When my difficult child was 16, I didn't think she was ready and would not teach her to drive my car or pay for lessons. And she had to wait (and I had to hear her complain). I'm not sure things would have turned out as well if I had let her drive at 16. From what you have written, you have reason to hope. Even though it doesn't seem like it, they actually do remember some of what we have tried to teach them. There was a time I thought my difficult child would turn up in jail, pregnant or on the streets. Now I can proudly say my daughter is in college and wants to be a teacher. [/QUOTE]
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