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socialist_n_TN

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11. No you're not wrong...........
Sun Apr 8, 2012, 09:57 AM
Apr 2012

I taught BOTH of my girls to drive and now they've been driving for several years AND I'M STILL SCARED! I wouldn't doubt that MY Mom is stil scared either. It's part of being a parent IMO.

At least I THINK that I pounded it into their heads that I don't worry so much about their driving, I worry about every other idiot on the road. And I think they took that to heart.

One of the things I used to do was explain what that car driving beside them could do. Like change lanes without looking or signaling. Or what that car at the stop sign could do. Like pull out in front of you. Or what that car driving in front of you could do. Like stop on a dime over nothing. NOTHING was too outrageous when it came to other drivers. I wanted (and STILL want) them to be SO paranoid when they're behind the wheel, they see idiocy in every other driver. That might keep them a LITTLE bit safer.

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