SpitNCobra13

Well, a punishment is for when someone does something wrong. Your son made a mistake here, due entirely to lack of skill, and maybe a little judgment. It sounds to me like he needs more training about how to drive properly before he should be allowed to drive alone again, especially with younger children in the car. However, grounding him or the like is only going to make him angry, and its not going to teach him a thing about how to drive properly. I started pilot training when I was 13, and one of the first things you learn is that everyone messes up, and usually (almost always) you come out the other end alive, and learn from your mistakes. If you break any laws or damage anything, you get remedial training, or lose your license for awhile (or forever, in severe cases). You only go to jail if you do something intentionally criminal, and getting grounded for a shortcoming of skill would be akin to going to jail for messing up in an airplane. Just my .02

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