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<blockquote data-quote="Sammie" data-source="post: 240632" data-attributes="member: 8657"><p>DS, </p><p> </p><p>You're right on the money again, for the 889th time...</p><p> </p><p>We lost two teens in my city just two nights ago and I'm continuously reading about this issue in the metro Denver area alone. And I can't begin to tell you how many children from my kid's high school we've lost in the last 2-3 years.</p><p> </p><p>I'm sorry, but morals have changed since we grew up. Now, with the drugs, the cell phones, the I Pods, the sound systems in the cars that shake the foundation of my house, the ton of friends that they have</p><p>in tow and the bravado they must prove, driving at the age of 16 or 17 these days is a huge mistake. I have no problem with permits, where a youth is accompanied by an adult, though. In fact, at the rate he's going, my 16 year old will probably hang onto his permit until he's about 37. </p><p> </p><p>Kids now don't receive the "training" we went thru and by God they should. It was mandatory in my high school to watch a film called Death on the Highway; a "Highway Safety Film". It was police footage of crashes and the resulting body dismemberment, burning wreckage, and battered corpses. It was designed to scare the youth of the day into being better drivers and it scared the hell out of us. Our group lost our lunches when we watched it but we had to come back and view it again.</p><p> </p><p>We have a simulater in high school where we reinacted driving situations. (Canada may have been different...) We also had auto mechanics, wood shop, and home ec classes in those neanderthal days, but conveniently, those were all disposed of because kids certainly don't need to be taught the basics of how to live productive lives once they're on their own...<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/confused1.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" data-shortname=":confused:" />1</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We also had driving instructors in school who took us out and about to teach us and they were all like General Norman Schwarzkopf. We were instructed, we were screamed at, and we learned. Enough said. Bring them back.</p><p> </p><p>And bring the films back. Better to shock a child than attend his funeral... </p><p> </p><p>But wait, we don't raise our voices at our children any more, or give them a swat, or compromise their self esteem in any way, let alone traumatize them. What was I thinking???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sammie, post: 240632, member: 8657"] DS, You're right on the money again, for the 889th time... We lost two teens in my city just two nights ago and I'm continuously reading about this issue in the metro Denver area alone. And I can't begin to tell you how many children from my kid's high school we've lost in the last 2-3 years. I'm sorry, but morals have changed since we grew up. Now, with the drugs, the cell phones, the I Pods, the sound systems in the cars that shake the foundation of my house, the ton of friends that they have in tow and the bravado they must prove, driving at the age of 16 or 17 these days is a huge mistake. I have no problem with permits, where a youth is accompanied by an adult, though. In fact, at the rate he's going, my 16 year old will probably hang onto his permit until he's about 37. Kids now don't receive the "training" we went thru and by God they should. It was mandatory in my high school to watch a film called Death on the Highway; a "Highway Safety Film". It was police footage of crashes and the resulting body dismemberment, burning wreckage, and battered corpses. It was designed to scare the youth of the day into being better drivers and it scared the hell out of us. Our group lost our lunches when we watched it but we had to come back and view it again. We have a simulater in high school where we reinacted driving situations. (Canada may have been different...) We also had auto mechanics, wood shop, and home ec classes in those neanderthal days, but conveniently, those were all disposed of because kids certainly don't need to be taught the basics of how to live productive lives once they're on their own...:confused1 We also had driving instructors in school who took us out and about to teach us and they were all like General Norman Schwarzkopf. We were instructed, we were screamed at, and we learned. Enough said. Bring them back. And bring the films back. Better to shock a child than attend his funeral... But wait, we don't raise our voices at our children any more, or give them a swat, or compromise their self esteem in any way, let alone traumatize them. What was I thinking??? [/QUOTE]
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