My minor teen recently got his driver's license and bought a car. We discussed the expectations around the car beforehand. A condition of having the car was that he had to follow our state laws for minor drivers. In particular we pointed out that law does not allow him to have passengers under age 18 outside of the family. He agreed to follow that law.
He has had the car a short time and has been deceiving us about following that law. He says it is unreasonable because a lot of teens load all of their friends into the car and drive around.
If you have a similar law in your state, do you expect your teen driver to cooperate with it?
My family did enforce this law in our home with two teen drivers, but we noticed that there were a few families who didn't mind that their new driver was driving others before it was allowed. We put it to our kids this way: 1) it's a law and we obey the law, 2) you will lose your license until you're 18 if you're caught.. is that even worth it?
teen drivers--should they have to follow this law?
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My family did enforce this law in our home with two teen drivers, but we noticed that there were a few families who didn't mind that their new driver was driving others before it was allowed. We put it to our kids this way: 1) it's a law and we obey the law, 2) you will lose your license until you're 18 if you're caught.. is that even worth it?