Some Ideas for Improving Your Teen's Experience when They are First Learning to Drive

Here are some ideas about Improving Your teenager's first driving experience, while you maintain your sanity.
1)If your child has a winter birthday in an area that experiences ice and snow, it may be wise to allow them to get a little time behind the wheel in a parking lot before the weather turns bad to get a feel for how to handle the car.

2)Learning to parellel park using cones in a parking lot may save some dents and dinks.

3)Find out what the driving portion of the test looks like where your child will be taking their test. This may sound silly, but I personally failed my test the first time because my father did not know the driving course. I know this sounds like an excuse but it's not. He taught me to do a three point turn on a very narrow street because that is the location that requires such a maneuver. The testing facility had a very wide, short area for demonstrating this skill. I backed right out of the assigned area and failed.

4)Try to appear as calm as you possibly can while your teenager is driving. Even if they are doing something terribly wrong, yelling is not going to help the situation. It will only make them more anxious which may very well cause an accident.

If you have any other suggestions, I would love to hear about them. Your advice may just help another parent.