D17 went out with her friends last night to dinner.
The other girls have all just started to drive - D17 cannot get her permit because we don't have a car anymore and she is not insured to drive my elderly parents' car. One after the other, her friends have got their licenses as each turns 17, and D17 just has to watch it from the sidelines.
D17's friend was driving them all in her dad's work pick-up (the least expensive of their vehicles if she happens to crunch it).
But her Dad drove in front of her the whole way in his own car as she was afraid she'd get lost going somewhere new and having to concentrate on the road at the same time (it was her first 'big drive' on her own).
Made me want to cry to think that this is what other dad's do for their kids.
Oh well. Life can be tough - and better that my kids learn about it sooner rather than later I suppose.
