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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm at an impasse with my DH.  He has been teaching my DD to drive and she just took and passed her driver's test.  My DH is still working with her on a few refinements before completely letting her out on her own.  He has laid down some rules:

1.  To and from school
2.  To and from work
3.  To and from sports practice 
4.  No friends in the car
5.  No cell phone
6.  No moving violations

He is ready to let her drive to school on her own.  I am not willing or ready yet to let go of my control of her.  I am afraid she will have an accident, be seriously injured, etc.  I do not know how to handle this as I think my DD and DH are against me.  Last week, in front of his brother, he told me she is ready and that I should let her drive.  It pissed me off so much.

Anyway, am I being unreasonable, overprotective?  [/quote]

DO it in increments.

[b]First trip it to a store a mile from t house or closer.
Next trip is a bit further...........[/quote][/b]

This is good advice.  OP, I feel for you and remember feeling a lot the same when my first got his license.  Particularly, since this is a busier, much more urban area than I grew up in + and drivers here are often more more aggressive and impatient.  i still remember the day I ran out of excuses and finally let my son drive to school.  Doesn't sound like a big deal, but his school is down a busy and unforgiving stretch of highway with exits to the 495, etc.  He did fine and we went from there.  At first, we restricted his driving to to and from school, the store and friends' houses.  We branched out from there as he showed himself to be responsible -- going where he said he'd go and getting home on time.  When he inevitably got in a fender bender (hit by another car that ran a stop sign at the mall), he called right away and handled it as he should have, including getting the name of a witness for our insurance.   He's now in college and a fine driver.  When he's back for the summer, I still feel best once he's gotten home for the night, but I think some worrying just goes with being a parent.

I don't think it's unreasonable to be worried and nervous about a kid driving around here and I don't think it makes you a helicopter mom.  [/quote]

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