Scouting, Volume 48, Number 8, November 1960 Page: 27
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WHEELING AT FIFTEEN
(Continued from page 6)
Parents will probably save them-
selves a lot of trouble if they will
make several rules very clear to
Junior:
1. Under no circumstances is he to
drive a car until he has qualified for
a learner's permit.
2. He will be given formal driving
lessons from someone other than a
member of the family. (This is to keep
him from picking up Mom's and
Dad's bad driving habits.)
3. If he gets a driver's license, he
can use it only so long as he is able
to drive a car without violating the
law.
Because of the independence which
a car gives a boy it sometimes inter-
feres with school, getting home before
curfew, and cultivating the right kind
of associates. Therefore, some parents
give their son a driver's license con-
tingent upon his willingness to exer-
cise good judgment in matters of be-
havior and academic effort.
The next question which naturally
arises in this motor age is: "Should
Junior have a car of his own?" Un-
less a boy is exceptionally mature for
hi s age the experts say, "No." There
are a number of good reasons:
]. It tends to further weaken the
control which parents have over a
boy during this particularly difficult
bronco age. It is one thing for a boy
to have a license and occasionally
drive the family car, and it is quite
a different matter when a boy can
go when he wants, where he wants,
and with whom he wants without
having to hurdle any parental con-
trol barriers.
2. It often gives a boy a sense of
smart-alecky superiority which gets
him into trouble. He feels he can do
about anything he wants with "his"
car. including rodding, bumperkiss-
ing, road racing, and fenderskim-
ming.
3. A mid teen-ager with his own
car seldom has the judgment that
goes with ownership. He, therefore,
goes to one of two extremes. Either
he lets the brakes, lights, windshield
wHers. and other equipment get dan-
gerously out of repair; or he goes to
the other extreme and loads his car
with expensive extras, including race-
car carburetors, and then can't resist
the temptation to try them out.
Because we have had a full genera-
tion of relative prosperity, some fa-
thers have made the mistake of buy-
ing a car for a boy just to show off
their own financial superiority. This
makes it very difficult for other fathers
whose sons feel they are being dis-
cr minuted against. Nevertheless, the
wise f ather will hold the line regard-
less of a neighbor's lack of wisdom.
Sometime during the late teen-age
period, it may be justifiable to let a
boy have a car of his own; but if this
is done several factors may prove
beneficial if kept in mind. First of all,
a boy should not have his thrill of
owning a car drowned by the over-
indulgence of a loving but unthinking
father. The preferred procedure is to
start out with a safe older model
rather than smother the boy's sense
of appreciation by suddenly present-
ing him with a fancy new souped-up
foreign sports car or some gadget-
glamorous domestic model. When the
boy gets out on his own with a wife
and a few kiddies, he may find him-
self completely spoiled with extrava-
gant tastes he cannot afford. A boy
needs to be psychologically condi-
tioned for the battle of life, and many
an overindulgent father has lived to
regret the flamboyant tastes he de-
liberately built into a weakling son.
This is also a good reason for hav-
ing a boy pay at least half of the cost
of a car before he is allowed to own
one. Usually when this is the case, a
boy will see the desirability of riding
the bus a few more years or is willing
to go in for a cheaper older model
rather than wait until he can earn the
$2 500 necessary to pay for his half
of that expensive sports car he has
been dreaming about.
In between the troubles and prob-
lems of the free-wheeling 15 year old,
there are a lot of pleasant wonderful
moments which reflect the shining
possibilities of the man to be. 27
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