To bad in order for it to be a paid job OP needs a way to get there in the first place. Their mother could at least drive them there until OP gets the first pay check and can find another way to get there.

My first car was old, ugly, and worth less than $1000. You can often get a clunker that will get you from point A to point B for a few hundred. Based on the way the FML was stated, it doesn't seem like OP actually needs the job for money to get by. Take the bus for a while, and save paychecks to get the car and pay insurance. Also, I got my first job at 14. If my parents couldn't drive me, I found a ride some way.

@38 It's illegal to employ anyone under the age of 16 in California unless it's a small, family owned (your family) business.

@132 not necessarily. I started working when I was 15 and they also hired 14 year olds there, which is the youngest you can be. This was in CA. There are just a lot of restrictions, so most places don't bother. But this place was a retirement home and we served meals, so each shift was 3 hours or less, and we has to clock out by 8 pm on school days. And you need a work permit of course, and they're a little stricter on your grades when you're below 16 too. But it wasn't a family owned place, it was just a regular company.

OP isn't getting paid because their mother wont let them accept the internship in the first place.

OP might have their license already but not a car, which means they would still need to use their mother's, which by the looks of the FML wouldn't happen either.

Then take the bus? if they want to work there bad enough they'll find a way.

Parents are supposed to raise their kids to be self-sufficient, productive adults. Parents are not supposed to do every little thing for the kid so he never learns responsibility. Like most others have said, there is public transportation. If OP is smart enough to land such a prestigious internship, they should be smart enough to figure out how to get there.