I had the most amazing experience just a little while ago. My son, Arnie, had two of his guy friends over. They're going to "hang out" and then sleep over, but one of them forgot to bring his "stuff" (meaning toothbrush and some DVDs they wanted to watch) so we drove together, the four of us, to his house.
"The Boys" - Jon Crispel, Jake Smith, & Arnie Sallan (photo by BJ)
My son now has his driver's permit so he asked to drive, to which I agreed. I sat shotgun while Arnie's two buddies, Jon Crispel and Jake Smith, sat in the back. My son driving was new to them so they all said something like, "Cool dude, you're driving."
How it happened, I have no idea, but we started talking politics - specifically the good and bad about the new Arizona Immigration law. What followed was a healthy and very smart debate on the issue, with each (teen) boy participating like they were on a political panel. Their opinions and their knowledge blew me away. What happened to just talking about games, girls, and grunge rock 'n' roll?
