Driveway Safety

[Suzie_Homemaker]

We just have one car so when our sons living at home, we had some conditions of use for them.

1. They paid for additional cost of insurance. They getting to drive our asset of many thousand dollars so they contributed to cost of them having privilege.

2. Our car service schedule was small service, medium service, small service, big service. Our sons pay for small service to contribute to wear and tear cost.

3. My husband and I have priority of car use. I not intending to book my own car when I needed it.

4. Privileges are earned based on trust. If we saw sons speeding, driving without sensible, then privilege GONE. Buy own car, and trash that but not ours. No second chance. Very lucky to be able to use vehicle they not worked to buy so be respectful of that.

5. I always say to my sons, "Sorry not shown in words but in actions. Show me you really sorry but not repeating."

I would not be concerned your son not think you cool. I would tell him that I not think he's cool disrespecting my drive and my car. I not here to be cool, I here to protect my investment since it clear he not going to.

Boys - so much easier when could ground. Not so easy when they men with children's brains. I found teenager years and early 20's very hard. Moment of incredible proudness of men they becoming but moment of shaking head that someone so big can not have proportional brain.