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01-22-2019, 12:35 PM | #32 |
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I've taken my 14yo daughter to a big empty parking lot a couple of times now to let her drive my car a little bit. Even let my 12yo son get behind the wheel very briefly, but I was clenching my butt the whole time with him.
He was excited in a very "whoa this is so cool that my dad would let me drive his car at 12" way. My daughter, on the other hand, was excited in very much a "YESSS..this is gonna be me very sooooon" kind of way
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01-22-2019, 02:14 PM | #34 |
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I let my 12 and 10 years old drive the 4-runner offroad yeah a bit scary, 12 year old put some nice desert pinstripes on it. wife was not happy
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01-22-2019, 02:52 PM | #35 |
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07-01-2019, 11:26 AM | #36 |
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Took both kids out driving in a big high school parking lot yesterday, they both had lots of fun and did well.
Related Q for you parents of drivers: How did you handle driver's ed? I always thought I'd prefer both kids do a formal class/school but the ones around here have such a horrible reputation both in quality and the ability to actually get time behind the wheel scheduled. I'm now seriously considering doing Aceable for the classroom portion (it's an app they can do on their phones) and then doing parent-taught for the driving portion.
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07-01-2019, 11:43 AM | #38 |
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I can't say that I disagree with that. I really didn't think I would ever do the parent-taught but the alternatives do seem fairly bleak.
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07-01-2019, 11:56 AM | #39 | |
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07-01-2019, 12:02 PM | #40 |
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Yeah, no such restriction here. They can still get their license the day they turn 16 (as long as they have their learner's permit for 6 months before that)
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