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I agree with one item you mentioned- Lesson to be learned.
Get a grip sweet cheeks, a car is not a Common household "item".
I cannot even entertain your convoluted concepts that you try to compare.
So, what are "our" common household items? The TV, the lawn mower, the bicycles, the patio furniture? When I was in school, about a quarter of my classmates could drive the family John Deere pretty competently at the age of ten, and regularly did so. DL at age 14 for the farm pickup. I think 12 was legal in Mississippi, where families depended on their children being more capable than driving a smartphone.
"Mom, can I use the car to run to the mall?"
"You'll have to ask your father, he's the registered owner.
That's exactly how a real parent answers that question. That's how my parents did, and if you didn't like it, get off your duff, get a job and buy your own car, so you don't have to ask every time you want to go somewhere. It's a damn shame that concept of the parents being the ones running the show has gone out of child raising.
There's a reason why my parents didn't have to put up with crap like this when they were raising kids. They made their expectations for our behavior known right from the get-go. They were also clear about what the consequences were, too.
So, what are "our" common household items? The TV, the lawn mower, the bicycles, the patio furniture? When I was in school, about a quarter of my classmates could drive the family John Deere pretty competently at the age of ten, and regularly did so. DL at age 14 for the farm pickup. I think 12 was legal in Mississippi, where families depended on their children being more capable than driving a smartphone.
Yeah, on private property, most likely, where motor vehicle laws don't apply. My cousin's kids were driving the tractor by 14 too, but they weren't driving it on the roads.
The brat in the story was driving on a public street. Big difference. I'm sure her parents' insurance company is going to have a field day with them over this.
if it was like my grandma it was with a booster seat a the seat all the way up, She was only 5'2".
This makes it even more remarkable that, she got as far as she did with out killing anyone or herself.
To reach the gas and brake pedal and to have a visual sight line to see traffic, park cars ect...
Might have to sign her up for cart racing
Wow. Negligence on the parent's (mother's) fault. How did this child even have access to the keys while the mother was sleeping?
Oh gag me.
It would be a guy with the word "lawyer" in his screen name to come up with this.
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It's like noway. how did she reach the peddles?
