Not exact matches
As children get
older, what they want causes parents even more anxiety: more television time to absorb popular culture's cavalier attitudes about sex and violence, more computer time to talk with who - knows - who, more freedom to go places without parents, and eventually freedom to date and
drive and all the activities that will
drive me to
distraction.
But, the
distraction from my 1 1/2 year
old was nice and we were in a new state, I couldn't
drive, and I had no friends, so I needed adult interaction.
There's an
old joke that the best cars for teenagers are those that get terrible gas mileage (so they can't afford to
drive too far from home), are built like tanks (for safety reasons), and seat just one person (to keep
distractions to a minimum).
I am
driven to
distraction and my Kobo is less than a year
old.
With
distractions coming in the form of misbehaving friends in the car, texting and
driving, loud music, and talking on their cellphones, young drivers are much more likely to get into accidents than their
older, more mature counterparts.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration studies show that on average, drivers under age 20 have more accidents,
drive faster and are more prone to
distractions than
older drivers.