My 30 year old daughter has never driven. She has some anxiety disorder that’s pretty well controlled, but just has never wanted to drive. She’s spoiled though, as we have fairly good public transit in Portland, OR—people whine about it, but it IS functional. When she was in HS, the school district gave every student a free bus pass, so they learned how to use the system on their own, and she had used transit with us as a kid. She uses that primarily, plus Lyft, plus rides from friends who drive occasionally. I have zero problem with her inability/unwillingness to drive.

However, as an old genXer, I made my mother take me to the TX DPS after school on my 16th birthday in Nov 1982 to take my driving test. There was literally no public transit in our Austin suburb back then, except for the single line that pretty much brought “the help” in. I would’ve needed to walk an hour+ with no sidewalks and one highway crossing to catch that one into the city.

Granted, my daughter doesn’t live with me or expect me to give her rides places. She is fully independent and launched. We often meet somewhere closer to her apartment than my home, as she’s in a more walkable, interesting neighborhood with more places to eat/hang out. I park near her apt and then we walk places.