{"id":129,"date":"2025-11-30T23:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T23:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/?p=129"},"modified":"2025-11-30T23:55:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T23:55:06","slug":"drivers-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/drivers-license\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver&#8217;s License"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buckle up for a joyride down memory lane\u2014and the modern highway! In this episode of Midlife Young, we swap stories about the rite of passage that is getting your driver\u2019s license. From 1992 adventures with VHS \u201cscared straight\u201d videos, paper maps, and a no-nonsense detention hall driving instructor, to today\u2019s online courses, Bluetooth quirks, and the thrill (or terror) of parallel parking, this episode is packed with laughs and relatable moments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The father-daughter duo compare the freedom, fears, and funny mishaps of learning to drive across generations. Did you have a teacher with a mysterious coffee cup? Ever get stopped by the infamous second brake pedal? And why do fewer teens today rush to get their license?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you remember the days of paper manuals and payphones or you\u2019re all about GPS and \u201cHey Siri,\u201d this episode will have you reminiscing, laughing, and maybe cringing at your own first driving experiences. Join the conversation that connects generations\u2014one turn signal at a time!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5P78p8otIwKueOU0NLegWe?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buckle up for a joyride down memory lane\u2014and the modern highway! In this episode of Midlife Young, we swap stories about the rite of passage that is getting your driver\u2019s license. From 1992 adventures with VHS \u201cscared straight\u201d videos, paper maps, and a no-nonsense detention hall driving instructor, to today\u2019s online courses, Bluetooth quirks, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}