Dilemma - my 16-year old

[Girls can too]

Being the oldest of 5, (who are mainly teens now). I've seen it all. haha! With my own, my hubby and I began teaching our little girl from the wee age of 1, DO NOT directly disobey. To knowingly do something that you were specificly told not to do by a disciplining authority. i.e. Us, Grandparents, Teachers.

She is given a lot of freedom, she is given a lot of say, and she's a wonderful, well behaved 8 yr old. She knows that certain rules, like yours on street racing, are guaranteed the highest form of punishment because if she broke one of them, she'd be directly disobeying us.

You and your wife probably don't expect much more from your teen than good grades, taking out the trash, and the specific rules like above. Therefore, I think you are doing the right thing by not letting him slide. Too many teens do these days. Besides, he needs to think of how he'd be paying if he'd killed someone in that race...i.m.o. he got off easy.

In the end, you might save his life...and/or someone else's because of your choice. Thanks. Because while I drive home with my daughter in tow, I praise parents like YOU when some teen blows past us in a car he's not experienced enuff to handle.

I do believe that you should work on the car for weekend track visits, ect. Especially with a teen boy, you can never have too many things to spend time on - together. Good luck to you.