Sooner or later, your little one is going to grow up and be ready to sit in the driver’s seat.
While this is a frightening experience for all parents, you’re probably not too worried about
it if your kid is still much too young - but the day will come and you better be ready for it.
If you would like to go through this rite of passage together with your teenager by teaching them how to drive, it’s a good idea to read up on all the do’s and don’ts first. That way, you will make sure that he or she gets the best possible teacher and your relationship will still be relatively intact afterwards.
Here are a couple of tips to help you become a better teacher when the time is ready so that both you and your teenager-to-be can look a bit more forward to those driving lessons.
First: Talk about the lessons
Just like they have it before any classes at school, your kid should know what to expect from these lessons with you. What are they going to learn, how long can they anticipate that each lesson will be, and where will you be driving?
By having a clear image of what they will be going through when learning how to drive, they will be a lot more prepared and ready to take on each lesson. Don’t just get into the car and expect them to catch up with everything you have to teach them; set a schedule, follow it, and both of you will get so much more out of the lessons.
If you’d like to get a car for your teenager as soon as they have their license, you might want to have a look at Vauxhall Cars, by the way; they have a variety of safe and reasonably priced cars that are perfect for young drivers.
Next: Help them to reach the right conclusions
While you, as a parent, might be used to telling them and asking them to do things, this isn’t really the right approach when trying to teach them something new. Their teachers will be following the same method, though, when they’re in school so your kid should be more than able to appreciate your teaching methods.
Say, when you’re noticing that they’re driving a bit too fast, you might want to ask them what the speed limit is rather than telling them to slow down. It’s such an easy trick and it will help your teenager to get used to thinking for themselves as they won’t always have you in the car to tell them how to drive.
Keep this in mind with everything you teach them and, sooner or later, they will be able to handle their own driving without being asked or told to do so.
Finally, it’s a good idea to keep the first couple of lessons as short as possible and increase the length steadily as they get more confident. It makes it a bit easier to end each lesson on good terms as well, by the way, and you’ll both look much more forward to the next lesson.
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