Exactly, I had been advising my son against taking his bike. He had’t been biking for at least a year and this would be his longest trip by far and it involved some busy streets. He was sheepish about the episode, but that lasted for one day.

Then when something happens, they say Oops. Maybe you were right, Mom. And you feel like smacking them, but they’re miserable already. So you keep your mouth shut.

I love teenagers…