Newps wrote:



Morgans wrote:

"Newps" wrote


Nope. In this house the boys have known since day one that any road
vehicle they are interested has a four wheel minimum. Motorcycle?
Don't even ask. Same goes for tattoos and earrings.



You may someday learn that parenting sometimes has to pick and choose
which battles to fight. One of those may not be worth fighting, someday.


I'm well aware of that and make those decisions daily, like any parent.
But these are absolutes.

And absolutes only make teens try absolutely as hard as possible to get
around them. Your kids will make sure now to get some motorcycle time
with friends or friends of friends. I'm going to make sure my son
learns to ride from me in conditions I can control. I've seen the
result of kids learning from other kids. It isn't pretty.


Matt