Venting about hubby....AGAIN!!!

[Janet]

When the neighbor let us borrow his tractor with a bucket to clean out our driveway, my son had to show him how to use it. My son worked for another farmer last summer and they had one exactly like it...so my son knew what he was doing. Once my son (Rick) showed hubby how to start it, hubby drove it to our house. He wasn't very good at it and my son kept asking him to let him try it. Well hubby (kid with a new toy) didn't want to let him. So I went out there and when hubby got off to go to the bathroom, I told my son to take over. Hubby wasn't thrilled, because it wasn't our tractor, but my son knew what he was doing and did a much better job in less time than hubby did.

My husband is always doing this! He thinks our son is too young or something, not sure what he is thinking. I mean I worry about my son driving his car, but his dad worries way more than I do. My son is a very good driver, needs to slow down a little bit, but he's got a good head on his shoulders.

I just don't know how to make my husband understand that our son is growing up and can do a lot more than what he gives him credit for. Any suggestions besides, just telling him to back off and leave him alone?