I wrecked my share of cars and **** as a teen/young adult, but it always came out of my pocket, maybe I was a slow learner, I still wreck the odd thing, but at 61 years old, I just figure what the hell, if it's fun I'm gonna do it.
Teenagers suck
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My parents were lucky having me as a son......I was self motivated, good in school, good at sports.......and really good looking.
Mine is 17 and he’s a pretty good kid, much to the chagrin of my cousins. Apparently I was a bastard growing up and they all were licking their chops when they heard I was having a boy.
There are probably still black marks in Pittsburgh I managed to put down with a 82 Toyota diesel pickup in the 80’s…
There are probably still black marks in Pittsburgh I managed to put down with a 82 Toyota diesel pickup in the 80’s…
All teenagers don't suck. There are lots of good kids out there. I think a lot of the problems are the parents.....and I'm certainly not singling out the op here, just speaking in general terms. A lot of parents nowadays care about other things. Chasing ***, chasing money, staying high all the time, just doing things not conducive to good parenting. And then there are those parents who do everything they can do to give their kids a good upbringing and they still go bad. Sometimes, there's just nothing you can do. I had a pastor friend. A great friend for years. He had three boys. They are all grown with their own families now, but all three are fine young men. All three became Eagle Scouts. They all kept their noses clean. Sadly, covid got their dad a few years back. We lost a good friend. That was just a terrible thing. One of the biggest problems too is the divorce rate....and the rate at which parents don't even marry to begin with. A FAMILY is not a single parent. A family takes a mama AND a daddy to raise children. They don't have to be blood, but children need both male and female role models. The farther away we get from The Word, the worse things get. I'll just leave it "right there".
Frankie
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Glad to read that your teen is OK. Cars can be replaced, and it will.
My first wife had 3 kids, 2 boys and a girl, all were in their teens when I met her, the oldest was borderline emotionally challenged, but still fully functional. he went to live with his father after we had been together for less than 2 years, the second one was somewhat difficult, got involved with an 18 year old girl when he was 15, stopped going to school, except for the occasional day, stole food from our house to feed his "girlfriend", took basically whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted. His mother did little to nothing to correct him, he was her favorite, until one day when she finally had enough and sent him to live with his father as well. The daughter was just 13 when we got together, and was probably the most devious. She seemed on the surface to be very innocent and charming, but at one point she accused us of physically abusing her in the hope that, like her friend, she could get welfare and live on her own, at 15!
The oldest had no clue how to drive, I tried teaching him several times, but he just couldn't get it, literally drove directly into a power pole one day in our alley. That was the last time I took him out driving, his father paid thousands for him to take lessons.
The favorite child had always wanted his mother's 75 Dart, and she was willing to oblige, so I went through the whole car to ensure it was safe and reliable for him, he was a quick learner behind the wheel, but in less than 3 weeks, the Dart was wrapped around a power pole late one night, only a few blocks from our house. I declined to file an insurance claim, and hauled the wreck home, parking it in the front yard for all the world to see what he had done to it. Then I made him help me strip the salvageable parts off it, and drag it to the scrapyard. Not long after that he had gotten his brother's permission to use his car, and totaled it as well. After that he was on his own to buy another car, which he did, and wrecked in short order.
The daughter went through several cars as well, I split with their mother in 2005 and haven't heard from any of them since.
My second wife has 1 son, he was 19 when we met, wrecked his share of cars, and nearly 2 of my trucks, is now 38, and the last few times his mother has spoken to him, he has wished her dead. ignorant bastard.
Apologies for the long winded rant, and kinda getting off track.
The oldest had no clue how to drive, I tried teaching him several times, but he just couldn't get it, literally drove directly into a power pole one day in our alley. That was the last time I took him out driving, his father paid thousands for him to take lessons.
The favorite child had always wanted his mother's 75 Dart, and she was willing to oblige, so I went through the whole car to ensure it was safe and reliable for him, he was a quick learner behind the wheel, but in less than 3 weeks, the Dart was wrapped around a power pole late one night, only a few blocks from our house. I declined to file an insurance claim, and hauled the wreck home, parking it in the front yard for all the world to see what he had done to it. Then I made him help me strip the salvageable parts off it, and drag it to the scrapyard. Not long after that he had gotten his brother's permission to use his car, and totaled it as well. After that he was on his own to buy another car, which he did, and wrecked in short order.
The daughter went through several cars as well, I split with their mother in 2005 and haven't heard from any of them since.
My second wife has 1 son, he was 19 when we met, wrecked his share of cars, and nearly 2 of my trucks, is now 38, and the last few times his mother has spoken to him, he has wished her dead. ignorant bastard.
Apologies for the long winded rant, and kinda getting off track.
And although you don't come out and say it, you allude to another BIG problem with families. They think the children are the most important. I've heard SO many single moms say "My CHILDREN are the most important thing in the world". This is wrong thinking, and probably one reason why they ARE single mothers. Their priorities were not in the right place right from the start. The most important thing is GOD and then your SPOUSE. Without them, there IS no family. Putting children on a pedestal only reassures them that what they say goes. They are essentially in charge of the family and that's wrong.
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