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Why Doesn’t My Teenager Want to Drive?

Why Doesn’t My Teenager Want to Drive?

My first car was a jaundice-yellow 1978 Buick LaSabre. It was a popular target for a pack of boys who drove around my hometown with paint guns. Because I rarely washed the thing, it accumulated pops of color — an orange spray on the left back door, blood red on the...

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