Category: driver’s license

Teaching my son part two…turning it off

I recently wrote about teaching my son how to drive. It’s been a few weeks now so I thought I would give an update. First and foremost we haven’t tried to kill each other…yet. I still remind him of the first rule; if he doesn’t do what I say I’ll tell mom. So far that…



Peer pressure…how well do you handle it?

I’ve been around kids regularly ever since I’ve been a kid. Some people would even say I’m still a kid. I’m hoping that’s a good thing. I also have a habit of watching people. I like to see how people in general cooperate and interact with others around them. To some people, they seem to…



Teaching my son….part one

As parents we tend to teach our kids many things as they’re growing up. We teach our kids manners, how to speak, how to dress themselves and many other things. To some parents they also feel it’s their duty to teach their kids how to drive. That’s always a bit of a concern in most…



Ticketed by the “hidden” police?

I’m old enough to remember “Leave it to Beaver”; a TV show from the 60’s. In that series there was a character called “Eddie Haskell”. Eddie was the type of person who showed a pleasant personality and did the proper thing when he knew he was being watched by an adult. If he thought he…



Senior drivers need to know…

Looking after our family is an ongoing task throughout our lives. As a child our parents looked after us, we looked after our brothers and sisters and eventually for a lot of us we end up looking after our own kids. But at some point, it all turns around and we begin to look after…



Does society require us to drive?

There are a lot of things that people within our society take for granted sometimes. We’ll take for granted that we’ll have food to eat every day, a roof over our heads and clothes on our back. To quite a few people those aren’t really reality. They work very hard week after week to keep…



Are you a good role model or just a role model?

As a parent of 4 growing kids, it’s always been important to me to be a good role model to them. I’m not perfect, but I do try my best most of the time to show them how they should behave in public and in life. Do you have the same beliefs? If you’ve never…



Take a day to remember…

Remember when you first learned to drive? It was a huge part of every person’s life. It meant freedom to come and go as you please. It even meant the chance of getting a job because the job required you to have a driver’s license. With this freedom came responsibility. Abuse of this responsibility means…