While parents are there to help their children, unfortunately they can not be there twenty-four seven. Parents have jobs to attend to and errands to run. This could be a problem for both the student and the parent. Also, not all kids have parents or very protective parents. Some kids need their own independence if something is happening at home. Parents fighting at home could possibly cause more stress on the student and is not a good environment. It would be best for students to have some type of independence, maybe to a friends house or a small dine in place. Then some kids do not necessarily have parents to take them places. They could possibly only have a guardian, other family members, or a foster home. Sometimes these kids also need their independence. Having the legal driving age at sixteen would be better for them mentally than twenty-one. Overall the legal driving should not be raised to twenty-one and should be left at sixteen like it is. Raising the age would cause more accidents, inconveniences, less independence and a bad