Moms Talk Q&A: Teen Driving

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Does anything signify freedom to a teenager more than a driver's license? Getting behind the wheel of a car for the first time without mom or dad in the passenger seat ... What a feeling! It makes a kid feel more invincible than they usually do. I am the mother of a new driver. I hold my breath every morning until my son parks his car at school and texts me he has arrived in one piece, which brings me to this week's topic.

What should be the legal age our children can begin driving? Some say 16-year-old kids are not mature enough to handle being behind the wheel of what is essentially a 4,000-pound missile, so they suggest 18. Then again, do we want our 18-year-olds going off to college, living alone for the first time, drinking AND being new drivers? 

I’m not sure where I fall on this issue of raising the driving age, but I wish I had a couple more years to think about it!