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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So let me get this straight....you are frustrated because she doesn’t leave the house, but she can’t drive, you live in a suburb, the weather has been awful, and it’s too far to walk anywhere?  Where exactly do you want her to go and how do you want her to get there?

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We leave the house several times a day. We offer to include her, drop her off or pick her up, pay for her to go places, take her to dinner or a movie. 
She prefers to stay home. [/quote]

Stop inviting her to go places and start scheduling her to go.  She must be well under 45 hours, right?  So schedule her to go to the grocery store with you.  Schedule her to figure out if the drivers license manual is in Italian, and even if it isn't, to study for the test (because if her English is as weak as you think it is she will need to study to pass the test).  Schedule her to drive around a parking lot with your husband so he can figure out her driving ability - or pay for a driving assessment and schedule her to do it.

Schedule her to ride along for pickup/dropoff with your nanny so she learns how the carpool line works even if she's not driving.  Schedule her to do child-related chores.  Schedule her to go to Starbucks and talk to three people while she's there.  Schedule her to use Google Translate if necessary, but figure out what paperwork she needs for her drivers license and schedule her to go to the DMV and take the tests.

She needs to get out of the house, and it sounds like you have plenty of hours.  [/quote]

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