<p>Won't lie: hearing the boy come home last night and boldly proclaim "WE'RE OFFICIAL" to my wife might be my crowning parental achievement. </p><p>This, the end result of more than 8 months of ongoing discussion, advice, and navigation of a very tricky environment of social media, high school insecurities, consent, manosphere crap, and everything else. </p><p>Much of this overlapped with driving. I never appreciated how much learning to drive would be about everything else. You and the kid in the car.</p>
