The following is a re-cap of a recent conversation with Carson. He had spent the day at a wrestling tournament. His dad and I showed up in the late afternoon to watch the finals.
Carson: Oh, I have some change for you.
Parent: You only have coins left?
Other parent: Well, he went to breakfast with the team & then had to have lunch. What did you have for lunch?
Carson: Panda {ed. note: that would be Panda Express}.
Parent #2 : Um, how did you get to Panda Express?
Carson: Someone gave me a ride.
Parent #2: Who gave you a ride?
Carson: Brady and he's a really good driver.
Parent #1 (who once was a teen-age boy himself): What makes him a really good driver?
Carson: Well he does all these crazy maneuvers with professional skills. Like he backed out of the parking lot like at 35 miles an hour & turned us around to going forward just like professional driver.
Parent #2 (who never was a teen-age boy, but had brothers): I think we need to work on your definition of "good driver" because that doesn't sound like a good driver to me.
And there you have it...a conversation that reinforces the stereotype that teen-age boys engage testosterone and bravado way before they engage their brains.
2 comments:
Stereotypes develop for a reason. Also, perhaps Carson needs a refresher on the Washington driving laws - I don't remember him having a sibling named
"Brady". Fortunately the roads were dry on Saturday & they survived the "driving skills" demonstration.....probably helped Carson forget that he wasn't able to wrestle that day.
I once saw Brian Sayler execute a high speed e-brake 180 into a parking space surrounded on all three sides by other vehicles. It was sweet! Best part, no chrashey crashey! Yeah, we do stupid things with cars when we are young :)
Nate
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