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Originally Posted by razbarb
This has been a great thread for the conversation and thought that has been generated.
It's such a touchy subject, especially as both sides of the fence are fence are conntributing to this, which is great.
I'm teaching my 16 year old to drive and he's going to learn my bad habits as I can't afford 120 hours (we live in Vic) of driving lessons.
I would suggest to stealthy that he won't learn "all" of my bad habits and he may learn some good ones too.
I'm a strong advocate of the 120 hour requirement as a learner driver here in Victoria. It's a great way to spend time with my son as between homework, sport, his part time job and social media he's more time poor than me! There's also a lot of satisfaction for me in teaching him an important skill.
I've helped out a couple of nieces with their driving as well and it was a privilege to be involived. One of them stands out as a very competent driver. She's a natural and just got it from the beginning
I agree with stealthy that we can't wrap our children in cotton wool, however as a parent I want to have an influence on what happens in the early days and be involved in any decision making.
Thanks for sharing bent8, I really hope your daughter's anxiety improves. Hopefully she can draw comparisons from her sport. We all make poor decisions and we learn and bounce back and train harder or more importantly, we train better.
I assume she plays tennis or hockey and she would know that some players use their racquet or stick better than others, just like people use their cars.
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Dont get me wrong, teaching your kid has pro's and con's. Pro's being YOU learn current road rules (assuming that 99% of people are the opposite of me, and havn't read the rule book since they got their license 20 years ago), but they also learn your bad habits. I've seen far too many L platers sailing along in the right lane without a care in the world, when its the full licensed drivers job to be telling them what the correct rule is, not 'they can go around'.
If theres one thing you (the
OP, and you, and anyone teaching a new driver) should drum into their heads, its that your phone stays away when driving (i recommend telling them to leave it out of reach, so they're not tempted to even look at it)