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Originally Posted by justjim
In reading through this thread, your approach is similar to the way I handled our four grandchildren when they came to TV and wanted to drive our golf cart. All but the youngest (14) have cars now and are good drivers.
I will say this----all kids are not the same and to put them all in the "same box" is just as wrong as saying you MUST have a drivers license to drive a golf cart. Careful what you wish for! The Government is already involved in more "things" than our founding fathers ever imagined and in many cases our freedom to make decisions for ourselves has become less and less.
"Government exists to protect us from each other, where Government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves". Ronald Reagan
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Why in the world would anyone let a child operate
a motor vehicle in car and truck traffic here, when they are not allowed to do it where they live, and without a driver's license???
And regarding "putting them all in the same box", that is exactly what is accepted throughout the nation with regard to training and testing for a drivers' license.
Everyone must wait till age 16 (or maybe less in farm areas).
To me, the only reason to allow a minor without a drivers' license to drive a golf cart here is because you are
trying to be their playmate, not their
parent or
grandparent.
And if you're going to quote Reagan about sense of duty to protect others, you might quote him saying that his being a
lifeguard had a profound impact on his future goals, to rescue and protect others.
Surely he would not have allowed kids OR adults to be in water over the heads without knowing how to swim
reliably.
"Edmund Morris, Official Biographer: The poignant thing about the Rock River is that in his dotage, after he left the White House, when he began to lose his mind, the one thing he would still want to talk about was his days as a lifeguard on the Rock River. He had a picture in his office of the spot where he used to stand as a boy. And he would say, "you see, that's where I used to be a lifeguard. I saved 77 lives there."
His subsequent career, his subsequent political career at any rate, was devoted to the general theme of rescue...."
Complete Program Transcript . Reagan . WGBH American Experience | PBS