I ended up buying my daughter driving lessons for a graduation gift. Now I sit in the passenger seat and mostly enjoy the scenery
learning to drive would help her get over the heartbreak. So, she picked up the driver’s handbook, crammed for a few nights, passed the test and then started jangling the car keys in front of my face. Like a dog who drops his leash at your feet.
This gets to another reason for not teaching your kids to drive: Pushing someone’s buttons – which families do so well – doesn’t mix well with road safety. I forget that for new drivers, thinking through several steps can take critical seconds. Her brain hasn’t caught up with what I’m saying, and she’s not taking action.I suck in my caustic response. “The one with the arrow on it,” I answer calmly. Or so I think. To her ear it comes out as a shout.“I said nothing,” I reply defensively. I want to scream but refrain from doing so because she’s navigating a sharp curve over the salt marsh at high tide.
We drive on in silence for a moment. Then I add: “If he were to rear end us, it would be his fault not ours.”I basically taught myself to drive at 22 – about the same age as my daughter – on an old car we had sitting in the yard. I also picked up a few lessons from a co-worker. He flashed his light into the passenger seat. “Can I see your licence?” he said to the girl beside me.He next flashed his light into the back seat. “Which of you has a driver’s licence?”The cop turned the light on me again and raised his eyebrows. “Wanna explain this?”“I thought they all drove?” I said.
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