Boy+16=Cars

I believe that formula has been around for many years. So, why does my son have to be different? He's 16, got his learners permit BUT has no interest in getting behind the wheel. I'm thinking, no HOPING, that he is just lazy and figures the driver's license will just automatically show up in the mail. How else do I explain his lack of interest in one of the most important rites of passage into manhood?!

I'm also guessing that since the Mom/Dad Taxi service is still answering his every transportation whim, that he has no outside motivation to get his license. (Gas prices being what they are, perhaps he's smarter than I give him credit for.)

Time for me to pull out the BIG guns. It will go something like this: "Gee, son, too bad you don't have your license yet. When that hot girl you've been looking for shows up in your life, you'll have no way to take her anywhere. Of course, you can always count on Mom or Dad to do the driving..."

Yup, I've pulled out another tried and true formula: Boy + Girl = need for privacy.