Another Life's Milestones Today

[blown motor]

"The times they are a cha-ang-ing". (Dylan)

[RUNCHARGER]

Yup: It's a different world. The world is transitioning into people becoming like ants in little ant caves in tall buildings and taking the bus. Rather than visiting friends and going on adventures people keep in touch on phones now and don't do as many physical activities.

[Chryco Psycho]

Pretty bad when you almost have to force kids to learn to drive !
The last thing we wanted to do was stay home , cars were the freedom machines .
Nothing seems to motivate kids now , just  being on the phone , computer or video games

[nsmall]

I teach high school kids full time.  I often ask how many have broken a bone.  Out of 30+ students in each class maybe 1, no more than 2.  These kids are different.  But they are still great kids, just have different interests than previous generations.  They like to be inside.

I grew up in the country, basically had to have a car.   

[RUNCHARGER]

Before I could drive I was all over the city on my bike. It was nothing for me to bike 5 or 10 miles one way to go see a race on a Sunday for example. I think we're bringing up a generations of entitled cup cakes these days. They get mommy to drive them to the mall and even then are too busy looking at their phone to see what is happening out the window. There are lots of great kids alright but the majority wouldn't do too well fighting in WWII.

[340challconvert]

This is the world we lost! 

Different Life Philosophy. This was the country's mindset.

Sorry about the Chevy.  Dinah Shore really got in to this!

https://youtu.be/qhR8GZ_WWMM

check out this 50's video    Really highlights how people perceived cars back then![/i][/u]

[blown motor]

The kids today are a product of there environment the same as we were. As humans we seek interaction with other humans and entertainment for ourselves. I grew up with two TV stations and if I didn't leave home the only people I could interact with was my family. Today kids get 100 TV stations, the whole world is available on the internet, and they can interact with anyone at anytime on their cellphone or computer. They don't need to leave home to interact with other people or be entertained. They are fulfilling basic human needs in a much different way than we did.

[73440]

I drove from Houston to Austin with my 30 yo nephew recently  who kept his nose in a book reading and refused to look out the window or even research any small towns we drove thru.
He doesnt own a car and I drove once with him recently and it was scary.

Got my license at 16 , got 1st ticket within one month , and loved the freedom of driving , even if all I had to drive was the 64 Rambler.
Driven probably about 20,000 miles a year since 1978.

[YellowThumper]

It was nice to finally see someone reference a car at least similar to my first.
69 Rambler.
I was not really interested in my license. However I was driving at 16. After about 1.5 years I decided it was important. There was this girl...

All about priorities.

On another note I have a 17yo daughter. Basketball is her life but at same time enjoys the outings with the old ones. Even car cruises. And has zero desire to drive...

[RUNCHARGER]

I think driving was quite socially acceptable a few decades ago. The social stigma pushed over 3 or 4 decades by the green radicals has made driving a dirty word now to the masses. The radicals said our cars were dirty, the mfgrs cleaned them up (enough that a modern semi truck can clean the air in California for example), then they said the fuel mileage is horrible, so the mfgrs fixed that too. The mfgrs have addressed every issue but unfortunately driving is seen as the death to the world by a lot of sheeple.

[jimynick]

Reading the previous posts makes me wonder if my kids are different. They all got their licences at 16 and got cars not tooo long afterwards. Cars that, with the exception of my daughter, they thrashed with my help, so that they had their own set of wheels, learned how to fix them, and they've never looked back. They've built their own versions of hot cars and drive them and I think they enjoy that quite well. It's also taught them the value of money as they've paid for most of it all themselves, and they continue to this day. Nick and I spent a few hours in the garage today, rebuilding and reinstalling the alternator and front suspension in his new Acura toy that he hopes to make his DD. I hope they pass both the driving AND mechanical bug down to their children, too.