How to Teach Your Kid to Drive

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Make sure your teen has a learner's permit.. Take a deep breath.. Locate a quiet parking lot.

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1

Make sure your teen has a learner's permit.

Step 1

Make sure your teen has a learner's permit.

2

Take a deep breath.

Step 2

Take a deep breath.

3

Locate a quiet parking lot.

Step 3

Locate a quiet parking lot.

4

Narrate your driving.

Step 4

Narrate your driving.

5

Check that the parking lot is empty.

Step 5

Check that the parking lot is empty.

6

Start with straight lines.

Step 6

Start with straight lines.

7

Do some simple loops.

Step 7

Do some simple loops.

8

Keep the first lesson short.

Step 8

Keep the first lesson short.

9

Always practice in the same car.

Step 9

Always practice in the same car.

10

Build up to longer, trickier lessons.

Step 10

Build up to longer, trickier lessons.

11

Ask your child to park perpendicularly.

Step 11

Ask your child to park perpendicularly.

12

Practice K turns.

Step 12

Practice K turns.

13

Instruct your child to parallel park.

Step 13

Instruct your child to parallel park.

14

Offer constructive criticism.

Step 14

Offer constructive criticism.

15

Praise good driving.

Step 15

Praise good driving.

16

Start on easy roads.

Step 16

Start on easy roads.

17

Try city driving.

Step 17

Try city driving.

18

Drive on the highway.

Step 18

Drive on the highway.

19

Become familiar with extreme conditions.

Step 19

Become familiar with extreme conditions.

20

Practice as often as you can.

Step 20

Practice as often as you can.

21

Before your teen gets their license, discuss driving rules.

Step 21

Before your teen gets their license, discuss driving rules.

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