INTRODUCTION
Learning to drive is an exciting time in a teenager’s life, but it is also
critically important for you as a parent to take an active role. No
matter how busy you are, the safety of your son or daughter is more
important than anything else. I personally sat in an emergency room
with parents whose teenager was killed in an accident. It is a
moment I will never forget, and something I hope you will never
have to endure. Through this guide, I want to do everything I can to
help you avoid being in this devastating position. Traffic accidents
are the #1 killer of teenagers every year, and 50% of teens will be
involved in an accident before they graduate high school, probably in
your car. Yes, you will send them to training with a professional, but
it is ultimately up to you to keep your son or daughter safe by
reinforcing those lessons in an effective way. This guide will help
you do that in a time-saving manner through the use of short but
effective videos you will watch and discuss with them.
Driving is not just a physical skill, it is a mental exercise that involves
decision-making, and parents need to help reinforce these skills. If
your son or daughter plays a sport, you know that the coach will tell
players the same things again and again in different ways in order to
get them perform properly when it is game time. It is game time
every time your teen gets behind the wheel. Many parents think that
their teen’s driving instructor covered it, so they don’t need to do
anything. Would a coach have a player practice one aspect of their
sport one or two times then never worry about it again? Of course
not! Driving is no different.
I created the video vignettes in this guide in order to quickly and
efficiently make sure I covered all the critical areas my teens needed
to know or review- even if their driving instructor covered it. It was
taking me too long to drive around with them trying to get them into
the situations I wanted them to know about or practice with me,