Imagine yourself in a particular situation for a moment. You’re living in a modern day teen’s shoes. Coincidentally, today is the big football championship you’ve been waiting to play for, and you’re the star player on the school team, with this being the final game. You feel a bit nervous but nevertheless confident to win the game for your team because this game could decide your football career. However, you’re sitting at home, waiting for a ride from your parents, all the while nervously checking your watch every five seconds. It’s already half an hour past the start of the game, and your team needs you. Instead, you can’t do anything but sit and wait for a ride, oblivious to the ongoing match. But what other choice do you have? Circumstances
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As a result, teens that are unable to drive on their own legally can create multiple problems in certain situations for both parents and their kids. Firstly, many teens today are busy with a variety of items, such as extracurricular activities, jobs, volunteer work, and socializing, and that means they need a ride to and from these activities (How To Adult). However, when they aren’t able to drive themselves due to the driving age restriction, this responsibility falls on their parents, who are most likely already loaded with enough work as it is, not to mention other daily tasks and errands that an average parent does for their family. Moreover, in other cases, some parents may not have the freedom or willingness to shuttle their teens from place to place, and that only creates more problems for adolescents (How To Adult). Also, areas such as rural places may entirely lack safe and public transportation (Ex. Shown Below), ultimately diminishing any chances that a teen may have to get around, and when they aren’t able to get to those places like a job, that can have lifelong consequences on their future. Most importantly, parents shouldn’t have to chauffeur their kids around everywhere up until the point when they graduate from high school, as teens shouldn’t have to be dependent on their parents for everything. In a sense, getting
As a result, teens that are unable to drive on their own legally can create multiple problems in certain situations for both parents and their kids. Firstly, many teens today are busy with a variety of items, such as extracurricular activities, jobs, volunteer work, and socializing, and that means they need a ride to and from these activities (How To Adult). However, when they aren’t able to drive themselves due to the driving age restriction, this responsibility falls on their parents, who are most likely already loaded with enough work as it is, not to mention other daily tasks and errands that an average parent does for their family. Moreover, in other cases, some parents may not have the freedom or willingness to shuttle their teens from place to place, and that only creates more problems for adolescents (How To Adult). Also, areas such as rural places may entirely lack safe and public transportation (Ex. Shown Below), ultimately diminishing any chances that a teen may have to get around, and when they aren’t able to get to those places like a job, that can have lifelong consequences on their future. Most importantly, parents shouldn’t have to chauffeur their kids around everywhere up until the point when they graduate from high school, as teens shouldn’t have to be dependent on their parents for everything. In a sense, getting