Mom defends 15-year-old daughter's right to drive around with her friends at night, dad is infuriated at his wife's permissive attitude: 'She left around 7:45 and I asked she be home at 10'

Everyone has different parenting styles, especially when it comes to raising teenagers. You might have been hands-off with your kid for their whole childhood, and then start to rethink that once they hit the teen years. Things have a way of changing: their needs, their moods, and your willingness to put up with them. This is why things tend to shift once your kid enters high school, and especially once they start driving. Driving is a scary task for everyone, but especially when you're first starting out. There are a lot of risks involved, and not ones you can always anticipate. 

But it's also how many teenagers get around and socialize with their friends. It's their way to have a little bit of independence, which is vital when you're crafting your own identity in teenhood. But every parent has a different way of dealing with this. Some might let go and trust that their kid is going to make the right decisions, while others might hold on so tightly that it drives their kids in the opposite direction. These parents found themselves at a crossroads. 

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