Show I More Difficult Now to Control Teenage Children Dimitri Contributing Writer One Saturday in April I ca came ne home at 1230 am a.m. from an evening of playing playing play play- f 1 ing pool with some friends to find police vehicles and a fire truck parked at my house I frantically jumped out outi i of my car and wondered just happened happened happened hap- hap When I came to my front door my family and neighbors were all sitting i on the front step looking at a large t vehicle pointed upward with the back end resting on my front lawn There girl sitting sitting sitting sit- sit also year old was a young ting on the step with her hands on her 1 cheeks with a face in shock The first r thing that came to my mind was anyone anyone anyone any- any Thankfully nobody was wasi one hurt i injured I then wondered what had happened r My neighbors across the street have havea a daughter who just turned 16 and got gother gother gother her drivers driver's license in March It turns r out that she was trying to sneak out of the house hous without her parents know know- ing She had put the car into neutral and tried to push the vehicle from the front end out the garage and onto the street to make a clean getaway She he almost got away with it but she forgot to realize that she lives in a ahouse ahouse ahouse house with a downward slope drive drive- way As she pushed the vehicle from the front gravity took over The car went down the driveway went straight up through the curb bypassed two large foot 12 trees and fell six- six feet rear bumper onto the my front lawn According to my mother who downstairs at the time there was large boom sound as the whole house shook After is was all allover over I began to wonder just how some teens think they can get away from just about anything This incident made me remember when I was years old and I thought that I 1 could do some of the same teenager stuff like trying to tou toAI u AI sneak out of the house without my parents knowing There were times when I didn't come home from my curfew to find my mother still awake and telling me that she was going to take my drivers driver's license away if I didn't didn't didn't did did- nt come home in time again I think that many parents today are finding it more and more difficult to control their teenage children With peer pee pressure and parents becoming more and more demanding of their children Many teenagers want to break out from the grips of their parents parents parents par par- or guardians and to experience life for themselves Even a year old girl who wasn't suppose to sneak out of the house should have known the dangers ahead of time before taking taking taking tak tak- tak- tak ing such a daring action With damage to both the car and the brick wall everyone at the scene See Teens continued on page 10 r i F. F Teens cont cant from page 9 9 I including the year old came to realize that this could have been worse Many thoughts went through my head of what if there was someone in the car What if someone was pinned underneath Teenagers need to better understand understand understand under under- stand the consequences when taking taking tak tak- ing daring actions This is an example where parents need to know what their teenaged children are and what they're doing I believe the more communication between parents and their teenaged children and what they're doing will help to tL P prevent nt any future incidents As for the year old well that's up to the parents When I asked the girl if she Was ok after it was all allover over the only thing that went through her mind is Im still in shock I dont don't know if I should laugh or r cry All I do know is Im I'm so gettIng grounded for this |