For Parents

From our point-of-view, here are some guidelines to begin with...

Take it slow and easy and remember "Safety First" is always the best message.

Don't rush things or you risk putting your teenager and yourself in a situation neither one of you may be able to handle.

Sit down with your teen and discuss what both of you want to get out of the driving experience. Before you begin any practice session, discuss and agree on what the two of you will practice, when, and where. Don't talk down to your teen, you are really partners working together in the interest of both of you.

You need feedback from your teen. Make sure your teen is OK with doing the what, where, and when driving practice.

A soft mellow voice is best when giving your teenager driving instructions. Don't get excited, no matter what.

Do not procrastinate when discussing what you want he or she is going to do during a driving lesson. Avoid anxiety and tension since they are detrimental to the learning you expect to achieve during the driving session.

Be firm, fair, and consistent with your instructions. Your teen is not clairvoyant. Simply say in a calm voice "at the next traffic light, make a right turn into the next parking lot. The parking lot is just up here on your right". Don't expect your teenager to be a mind reader.

My wife and I were fortunate that our teen driver learned to drive an automobile quite skillfully. Your new teen driver can experience the same success as ours if you will be hands on as to their learning and be a coach who is also their friend.

When we started training our teen, we had no idea, and we never realized the degree of work it would take for him to learn how to drive a car. I had been driving for over 25 years by the time he turned 16, it seemed so easy for me to do it..why not for him. Talk about a Wake-up call!

If you are reasonably organized, you can assure yourself that your teem will become a responsible, cautious, and safe minded driver.

I'm going to show you how to avoid taking three steps forward and two steps back when it come to your teenager knowing what to do, when to do it and how to do it RIGHT everytime.

The following is what we did and more importantly, IT WORKED....

Divide your teen driver's sessions into manageble parts that are easy for to understand and to work with. In each training session, focus on your teen's training to develop important skills as to how to operate their automobile under driving conditions that as a new teen driver, they can handle. When they can "do it" with consistency, move on to the next session lesson. Don't Rush Them!


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