First,you ought to know that i'm "only"fourteen.My mother points this out often.I can make my own decisions when i'm not old enough vote,she says. Second,I should tell you that she's right.I'm not always responsible. I sometimes make stupid mistakes.That last weekend,for instance. I was staying at Dad's,and I decided it was time I learned to cycle. It was Sunday morning 7:00 AM, and I hadn't slept well.I'd been uo thinking about as argument.Well,nobody was up yet in the neighborhood, so i thought it was ok to back the car out of the garage and drive around the block.But i crashed the car,and fortunately nobody was hurt. Dad's always been understanding.he didn't way,'Okay',little Miss Know-It-All, you can just spend the rest of the year paying this off," which is what Mom would have said.Instead,Dad worried about what might have happened to me. And that made me feel more ashamed than anything.I think he'd be a better number-one caregiver,but I can't say things like that to Mom. To her,I have to say,"But Mom,Dad's place is closer to school.I could go to school by bike". To which she replies, " Amy Lynn,you don't own a bike .Remember? You left it in the yard, and it was stolen.And you haven't got the patience to earn the money to replace it ."