wow. such radical responses.
here in pa the weather turns nasty once in a while - and i drive my kids to school. otherwise they take the bus (which has no seat belts?). maybe they are good bus drivers - but i'd sorta prefer the seat belt option. occasionally, they have after school activities and they can't catch the late bus due to a large project they have to bring home.
otherwise - it's walk, i say, too. i used to walk miles. my kids think it's funny. they don't want to walk because it's too far and they'd get sweaty. well, i used to walk the distance in 10 above degree weather. sometimes it would get warm at 15 above. if i waited for the bus in that weather, i'd have frozen solid. usually - i made it to school before the bus got there.
about school lunches. they ARE pathetic. i think we need to rethink diet in both countries (UK and america). more veggies and things that kids like to eat but are good for them. around the college they used to have this van that sold 'organic' foods. you know, sandwiches made with whole wheat bread and lettuce in them, or oatmeal-raisin-nut cookies that were huge. why can't they do this for schools. and serve milk and not have ANY soda machines. do they want the kids to be sick for a certain number of days? i don't know. i'm learning a lot about diet from my kids. toward the end of the school year they seem to get a bit sick from being worn down by diet, time, and exercise constraints. i'm going to really try this year to keep up with their dietary needs. children run off a lot of calories and need a lot of protein and b vitamins and all that stuff. iron. it's like gasoline for cars.
ok. i will consider that just attaching him on our policy is better than trying to find a singled out insurance company that will take him alone. i was thinking about AAA - but i think they service seniors better. not sure, though. have to look into it a little - but probably won't work.
my son - so far - is a good driver. i pray he's like thal and can talk himself out of any possible ticket that would cause OUR insurance to go up. i want him on his own insurance ASAP. not that he's a bad driver. he's actually quite good. the only thing is that today - we had a sort of sunscreen over my four year old's window - so when he tried to get on the freeway, he couldn't adequately see and sorta stopped. a truck right behind us almost ran into us. i could do nothing but watch and just wait for my son to try to get to full speed and fit into the traffic pattern after stopping. there was a huge truck coming -s o i'm glad he waited. it's just that the people behind expect you to get to full highway speed.
the thing is that with driving lessons - they get one highway experience and figure the rest will be with the parents (oh yeah, thanks!) he's been on the freeway a lot and usually doesn't do the complete stop - but this time he felt forced to. i'm not sure if they guy behind would have an alibi if he had run into us. the truck that was going past us was going about 70 mph and i don't think we could have pulled in front of him easily.
Topic: car insurance for teenagers