I’m 40, and have struggled to this day.im fixing my first car currently, and since this winter will be a bad one, the license is going to wait till this spring. I ended up choosing bicycles all these years, and ebikes for the last 5 years. But I will say, I hope he’s gotten his license by now too, because it’s a terrible thing to be this age without it. Unless it’s by choice and there’s no need at all for it, like New York and whatnot.
But I live in the woods of Maine, caring for my mother, kinda weird to think about, that it’s finally happening so I can make sure she has an ability, considering she didn’t care about my ability when I was younger. I still love her of course, and don’t hold a grudge, but can’t deny how much it’s kept me down my whole life. There was never time for it, after years of struggling, I just stayed in the city with a bicycle. I rode my bicycle from southern New Mexico to southern Maine last year, with my 3 dogs in a custom dog trailer I made, because my dog was poisoned by a psycho roommate, and my only way out was leaving asap on a bicycle. Asap took another month, due to building a trailer and buying supplies. I made it somehow, it was over 3000 miles, but realized that I’m now 40 and this stuff almost took my life this time around, with the amount of sacrifices needed in order to keep my dogs happy and healthy, since it was during the bad central heat dome we had 2 years ago.
I honestly didn’t realize until you (Justin) said something, lol. I just searched a question out on Google and this link was the first that pulled up,haha.
For many years I’ve spread word on how important it is for kids, so they don’t end up in one position after another. A license in today’s world should be standard for all kids mentally able. I believe there should be more strict rules for new drivers and teen drivers, but also truly think it’s a life destroyer without it. Mine was over bad grades, and I aced tests and in school work, but didn’t do homework because I had an after school job at an amusement park, we were poor. But also had a fund from the grandparents to get licenses. It’s always stayed with me, because if a child struggles in school, it becomes all the more important in my opinion, to make sure they have a leg to stand on, in a world that runs on diplomas and degrees (not as much anymore)
Sorry. I don’t use drugs btw. though I type like a spaz, lmao. I have a hyperactivity from ADHD and nervous system damage. I’ve just always been a talker and a writer. In today’s world it’s frowned upon though most times.
Thanks for reading my around In circles rant, and I apologize for my terrible grammar.

I think every parent has a heavy responsibility to get their child a DL. I ended up becoming homeless and struggling for many years over being denied such a rite of passage. If a child needs to take the test a few times to get it right, then SO BE IT. Let the driving school handle it, not your personal judgement on your son. Give him the ability to be one a man. A car is crucial for not only good jobs and better care of ones self, but social interaction is very important too.
Facts are it ruins lives when you got to go and you don’t have an ability to go.
Don’t put your kid in such a situation. Those who struggled there whole lives because they weren’t given an opportunity to get such a simple thing, that’s a necessity at the same time. Let the ego go.
If a child isn’t mentally handicapped from driving, let them get their license. Give them a chance and don’t hold dumb things against them from getting it.
Seriously. You’ll ruin a kids life if they leave into the real world, without stepping the stones of todays world needed to survive.