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Weary Parent: Parenting Tweens & Teens

Archive for the ‘Driving’ Category

May 14th, 2008

Ford’s Driving Skills For Life

This weekend Ford flew my oldest and I to Chicago for the Driving Skills for Life event. Driving Skills for life was established in 2003 and is the most comprehensive teen driver safety program. The program provides web-based materials, comprehensive curriculum, and hands-on vehicle safety instruction for teenagers, parents and educators. It differs from other […]

By Christine -- 1 comment

January 3rd, 2008

Teaching my teenager to drive

Three weeks ago the Department of Transportation was crazy enough to give my fifteen year old a learner’s permit. He’s now legally able to drive me insane a motor vehicle [with an adult in the car].
In the state of Iowa you are allowed to take the test to get your permit when you turn 14. […]

By Christine -- 7 comments

June 12th, 2007

Rookie Driver - Keeping New Drivers Safe

One of the best ways to help keep new teen drivers safe is by giving them a way to be identified as new drivers by others on the road. It has been a long standing tradition in Europe to identify cars being driven by “Learners” with a very easy to identify “L” sticker. By alerting […]

By char -- 0 comments

May 9th, 2007

Teen Driving Skills

It seems that every year about this time we hear about even more teen auto accidents. I know they happen year round, but May just seems to worse that other months. Just Saturday we heard sirens and come to find out there was an accident just outside our subdivision.
The Ford Motor Company Fund has teamed […]

By char -- 0 comments

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