Notes From The Passenger Seat
It’s hard to believe I’m teaching my oldest to drive, but here we are (still alive and liking each other, even). It’s a learning process, for both of us.
It’s hard to believe I’m teaching my oldest to drive, but here we are (still alive and liking each other, even). It’s a learning process, for both of us.
I remember my first car accident as a teen like it was yesterday. Who knew it would be a useful memory to help me handle my own kid’s first time?
Teaching my teen to drive continues to be challenging, but perhaps less because of the driving itself and more because I’m still learning how to help her.
As we ever-so-gently force my youngest to get behind the wheel, he’s learning he’s more capable than he thought, and I’m delighting in watching him do so.
Tips for when your teen starts driving? First of all: Don’t panic. You’ll both get through this.
We’ve been talking a lot about teaching your teen to drive ’round here, lately, and so we thought it might be a useful thing to come up with a sample template of parent-teen driving agreement.
If you have a teen, chances are you’ve encountered the puzzling phenomenon of your kid not caring about driving. What?? Why don’t today’s teens want to drive?
I didn’t even know Range Anxiety was a real thing until I felt it behind the wheel of a car… at which point I realized I feel it all the time with my teens.
I spent the better part of two years trying to get my son comfortable behind the steering wheel, but I never could’ve predicted how he finally worked it out.
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By the time your kids are driving, it’s too late to pretend you’re the perfect driver. These are some bad driving habits you might want to conquer before your kids are old enough to notice.
Some safer driving tips that I learned from professional racecar drivers that all drivers should know to help them improve their driving skills.