Teenage Observations, Part 3: Driver’s License

When I turned sixteen (only 12 years ago), the first thing that you did when turned sixteen, was get your freak’n driver’s license, but not today. It is almost uncool today (to get your driver’s license).

 This is very confusing to me. I’m not sure if this is something that is prominent in only my area or a trend taking place all over?

 A driver’s license used to be synonymous with freedom, but today there is almost a fear attached to getting one.

 This, I believe, directly relates to the teenage work ethic issue that I brought up earlier, but I’m not sure. There is also a growing segment of older teens and young adults who don’t want to move out of their parent’s homes, as I mentioned earlier, that I believe correlates to the driver’s license issue.

 I still think it all comes down to distracting things that fill the void of people’s true needs that make other things seem not so important to them. And because their needs are met elsewhere, they have to rely on others, who live and interact in the real world, to provide for them money, food, clothing, shelter, and of course- when needed- transportation.