I am getting sick of the teenage selective hearing and I have only just begun. I remember when they were just learning the word NO and what it means and it was sort of cute for a while when they would smile and do it anyway. Well its not funny now. I am seen as being unreasonable because I react to an obvious opposite reaction to NO. Teenagers must live in a world of opposites. Its okay to not follow that rule or this rule as long as you don't get caught. My son has a friend who during the summer pretty much lives at our house. Well that friend can drive now. I remember when I first got my licence and my mom let me take the car to go up to my friend Sara's house to tell her, I almost got into an accident turning left out of my street onto the main road. Well they think I am over reacting when they take off for the park at 7:30pm while I am out picking up a prescription and I come home to them gone. And to top it off they don't walk back through the door till 9:56pm. He isn't suppose to be driving after 9pm and I told them they are no longer allowed to ride with him in the car. "MOM its not that big of a deal". WHAT...........
He broke the law with my kids in the car. And if he can so casually break this traffic law then whats next. I do not think I am over reacting. Show me responsibility and I will trust you to the ends of the earth. Blatantly break the law and say its not a big deal don't you dare tell me I am over reacting. This time of year is the most fatal for new drivers with accidents happening almost daily. It doesn't even have to involve drugs or alcohol just bad judgement and distractions. So forgive me for being over protective of my children I want to watch them grow up and live long miserable lives just like the rest of us.

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