Teach Your Teen to Drive: ... and stay alive Paperback – March 26, 2012

It is rare for me to review any book, but in this case I felt I had too. I just read one review (which was still fairly positive) and had to comment on it. You never want your teen to just drive around “aimlessly” when driving a 3000 pound loaded weapon as the book clearly points out. For us, “Teach your Teen” was a savior for both myself and my 16 year old son.We never once argued over what to do in the book while driving and we remained calm during each lesson because it was straightforward and easy to follow each driving lesson. The free addendum was equally impressive and it had a very positive affect on areas like drinking and driving and avoiding collisions. I would suggest reading the addendum on your computer together at night since they include many great1-2 minute videos on driver safety.Not only is this book a five star, it should be required reading for teen drivers, I would go as far as encouraging school districts to purchase.. The book will absolutely save some teens lives due to its succinct and straightforward chapters that show a parent easily how to work with your teen and gradually improve their skill level and confidence. I feel like my driving has improved since reading Teach Your Teen and I am hopeful that the authors do a second book for parents to help them become safer drivers.“Thank you for making a difference with a helpful product that drives home safety.Thank you.

I was looking for a book to tell me what to work on with my teen as she learns to drive and we are between behind-the-wheel lessons. I was hoping for a bit more information than is presented -- this is more like a workbook than a full-blown book. The quality of the book is more of something that it looks like is printed and bound as a book is ordered -- not professionally printed by a book printer.The information is presented in kind of a jumbled, very busy format -- it is difficult to read like a book and not necessarily easy to refer to as a reference when in the passenger/coach seat when your teen is behind the wheel. Lots of "trivia" and "Did you know?" is sprinkled in, but I was hoping much more for a step-by-step, lesson by lesson book that I could use to study before the lesson, then check off as we did the lesson.My suggestion for improvement would be to make in a larger format workbook with pages that could conceivably be torn out of the book to use "on the road" that covered each lesson and allowed the coach to make notes -- or assess the student driver on the individual skills so that I would know what we needed to follow up on.

Having two teens I need to teach to drive right now, I am finding this book to be very helpful. The information is very digestible and the book fairly short. I didn't have time to read a large book.The task is broken down into specific exercises presented as lessons that build on each other. This provides a blue print for a focused lesson in teaching your son or daughter (or both) how to drive. I now know each time what I will focus on and what the goal will be and what exercises will help to accomplish that goal. No more driving around for an hour scared out of my whits with no purpose in mind. At least now I have a purpose in mind (I am still scared out of my whits).Goodluck.

THis book is a great way to teach any teen to drive - and the very best way to do it. Has specific pals to make teaching anyone an enjoyable experience with even a reward system for successful practice and learning the safe way to drive. It is laid out in specific, easy to understand lessons and how to prepare for them. I was especially impressed with how to handle emergency situations. 'Throughout the book there are helpful suggestions on defensive driving tips and what to watch out for. I've always believed that it is a good idea to be prepared for "unforeseen circumstances" and this book really does it! And makes it enjoyable, too.!

I have a 14-year-old nephew who wants to drive like his 20-year-old brother. Since he was going to visit me for 2 weeks I decided to show him a few things about driving. I ordered one for myself and one for his parents. I read the book, wrote out a plan for teaching him some basic skills, and when he arrived, we started to practice.I took him to a high school parking lot that was always open and always empty. We practiced turns, backing up, and parallel parking. We also practiced that zig-zag movement that I had never heard of anywhere else. Of course, I never let him drive on a regular street.If this book saves one ticket it will pay for itself ten times over.

This book is an easy read, a cup of coffee, an afternoon and you'll be all the wiser and ready to help your teen become a successful driver! Very well written, concise and great information! I enjoyed the book thoroughly and it has provided several useful tips which I have shared with my son who has been driving for almost 2 years. I wish I had this book when he first got his license I would have felt more prepared to get behind the wheel and help our teenager become a successful driver. Teach Your Teen to Drive: ... and stay alive

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This book is primarily geared to teaching you how to teach. This would be helpful for somebody who is becoming a driving instructor or a parent that wants to prepare thoroughly. This was not what I was looking for. We ended up relying on "Crash proof your kids" and enrolling our teen in an online driving course at "National driver training."