Father/son driving lesson takes wrong turn
Dear Amy: My son recently received his learner's permit to drive.
The other day, backing out of a driveway, he hit our neighbor's mailbox.
My husband was with him and admittedly was not paying attention at that moment.
The owner was nice about it and they agreed to have my son and husband replace it.
My husband thought my son should pay for the replacement of the mailbox. We ended up in an argument over this last part.
I feel that my husband was supposed to be paying attention, monitoring and teaching him to drive.
I have warned him repeatedly that our son needs a lot more practice, because driving our big car isn't coming naturally to him.
My husband feels that I am being soft.
Our son wasn't goofing off, he wasn't being stupid and he didn't do anything wrong, except not know how to maneuver the car safely in reverse.
It could have been avoided if my husband hadn't been looking at his phone at the time.
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