Driving My Kids to School

When my daughters
Were in their early teens,
I enjoyed driving them
To school
Each morning
Because it gave me
An opportunity
To talk to them
And to see
What was up
In their world.
It also amused me
Observing parents
Dropping their kids off
Three or four blocks
Down the street
From school.
This was either
Because the kids
Were embarrassed
Being seen
With their parents,
Or the parents
Were mortified
That someone might see
Them with their kids.
The way some
Of those kids dressed,
I wonder what
Their parents thought.
Who would want
To own that rebellion?
It made me appreciate
Just how lucky I was.