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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP.  I hate the way Va arranges driving licensing.  They expect parents to teach all the behind the wheel skills and get 45 hours of practice before doing 5 days in a row of behind the wheel with the 5th day being the test.  I’m not qualified to teach driving and I find it very scary to ride around with my kid.  I looked into a la carte lessons with a private company and they want $189/hour![/quote]

I know, right?

When I was a kid, and the same with my husband, the classroom and behind the wheel training was put on by the school system (either on Saturdays during the school year, or weekdays during the summer).  Our parents did some driving with us, but mostly, it was the driving instructor who taught us all the steps and processes (look left, then hand over hand, then accelerate... etc.).  Our parents didn't teach us that stuff.  The school system provided the instructors.

As this is my first teen, I wasn't aware of what people generally do.  (what would I do without DCUM??)

I figured I was capable to teaching my child to drive since VA sets it up that we parents ensure they have 45 hrs.  Literally within the first 5 min. of driving practice in a parking lot, I realized that I am not prepared to give those step by step instructions.  And I'm also not very comfortable being with an beginning driver.  I will buck up on that one.  As for the former, I don't know the best way to progressively teach skills.  I found myself doing things for my teen (like looking behind when I wanted her to go in reverse) b/c it is just instinctual for me.  I forgot to tell HER to look over her right shoulder before reversing.  And then I had some vague memory of doing a "hand over hand" thing to turn.  I don't think about that -- I just DO IT when I drive.   Teaching driving is definitely a different skill set than actually driving.

I wish someone -- Dept. of Motor Veh. or the school system or someone would have been more proactive in saying describing the need to sign your kid up for in car drivers lessons from the start.[/quote]

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