Posted On: September 10, 2008, 1:30 pm CDT

Posted By: SFOInsuranceLady

will be united in fighting this proposal.
Tired of taking "little Bobby" to soccer practice and "little Suzie" to ballet lessons? Too bad! Then you shouldn't have kids. According to "law" you are responsible for them until they are 18...(I think that the "adult" age should be raised to 21). I feel that since we are living longer, it seems that kids are maturing slower, much slower than 50 or so years ago.

I was a teen once...my friends were teens, too....couldn't wait to get daddy's car....friends driving drunk....(I grew up in the turbulent 60's
and was a teen in the "me generation" 70's). I was fortunate that nothing happened to me, but something did happen to two of my "well-scholared" & "well behaved" friends...No matter how mature, 16, 17 and yes even 18 year-olds think they know everything, and how they seem to have gone through all of life's experiences at that tender age. Amazing!

I also believe that if they want to raise the driving age to 18, they should also make driver's education and training MANDATORY at that age. Too many of my youngest daughter's friends waited until they were 18 to get their license so they wouldn't have to go through driver's ed.
I made both of my children go through it and they are better drivers for it.
Yes, they waited....they were trained properly and they didn't get their license until I knew they were confident enough and responsible enough to hadle a car. They are probably better drivers than some adults I see talking on their cell phones (why aren't you using your blue-tooth?) and applying make-up while drinking their lattes and reading a map all at the same time.

I am so tired of lazy & irresponsible parents....it's not making the kids become more responsible driving at 16...tell it like it is....it's taking the burden off the parents who are too lazy to drive their children around and they are getting less involved in their children's lives!

Thanks for letting me vent! :)