Younger generation loves to drive very fast and if we have seen many movies, how teenagers in 1960’s love to race with stylish cars of the era. It still happens to day and due to the so-called teens exuberance, there are things that go haywire with their actions and thoughts. It is the responsibility of parents to instil the right habits for their children. Many teenagers are anxious to drive for the first time and because they are actually a grown-up children, teenagers could be more encouraged to experiment by finding out how it feels to drive faster. It is important for parents to safeguard their children by showing how to drive safer.
It is important to teach children how they can become road savvies. If we plan to give away our car to them, we should make sure that they are mature enough to drive safely, despite their young age. In this case, we should provide parallel guidance, by letting our teenager to drive the car when the family is travelling to specific destinations. Along the way, parents could provide tips and instructions and how to drive safely and more effectively. After repeated sessions of direct guidance, we should be able to provide teenagers with positive lessons. In this case, we should make sure that we can elicit children in the proper ways.
It is important for children to keep track of their own progress. Other than improving their driving skills, they should also have controlled emotions, because the road can become an anger-inducing environment. Patience is virtue and err is human. It is obvious that young teenagers will make many mistakes while driving and parents should consider it as part of the process. It is important for parents to be patient and don’t yell or scream to their children. This could actually elevate the level of stress and making the whole trip more dangerous. Good parents should always become good friends. They should provide instructions as calmly and gently as possible.
When the family has arrived at the destination or at home, parents can discuss the problems and potential solutions, when the time is right. They should overview dangers that they have encountered on the road and this will allow them to review things that they need to pay attention to during future trips. It is important to continuously drive the car with the teenage children from time to time, to assess their driving skills and safety implementations. We should be aware that young children are at inherent dangers when driving the car, so we should keep a watchful eye. We should know that much of the road accidents associated with teenagers is when they have other teenagers on the car without any parental supervision.
When teenagers meet up, the concentrated level of emotion and energy will combine, causing them to drive faster and more recklessly. The whole effect can be significantly higher when they consume alcohol and drugs. They could perform many small mistakes like forgetting to wear seatbelts and this could accumulate into a serious situation. Parents should try to rectify the situation and offer a watchful eye over their children.
