The hardest time in a parent’s life is not when they go to college, or when they start kindergarten, or the first time they have sex in your basement while you’re upstairs watching the news, it’s when they finally learn to drive and legally are allowed to take an actual motor vehicle out onto the road where certain death awaits them literally every day. There’s not good way to transition into this era of life, but if you’re ever going to get another decent night’s sleep, there are a few things you can do as a parent to make it easier for yourself. Here are some tips.

Train Them Yourself

Training a safe driver does not start the day they get their learner’s permit. In fact it starts much earlier than that. You want to lead by example and always practice safe driving techniques when your child is in the car. That means no texting and driving, folks. Also, when they get to be about 13 or 14, or really whenever they start showing interest in driving, you can start giving them subtle lessons while you’re driving them around. Explain how you look in the mirrors to make sure you have a good monitor of where the other cars are. Tell them, out loud, some of the things you do to stay safe, and those lesson will be kept by your child when it’s their turn to take the wheel. Safety is bred not learning in a classroom. Maintain a culture of car safety at all times.

Get them a Safe Car

You should never underestimate the importance of the car itself. Your child will obviously want the flashiest and coolest car they can get out of you, but remind them that that’s for them to get when they can afford one after their first job or when they go through an early mid-life crisis at age 32. For now, you’ll want something like a sedan. No crazy cars like Jeeps. So if you go to jeep mission viejo, check out the used cars and get something reasonable like a Hyundai or a Honda. A Jeep itself would only encourage them to drive with reckless abandon. Look at the used car selection herein: www.ocauto.com.

Have Lots of Kids

The best technique is to make sure you don’t only have one child. That’s called putting all your eggs in one basket. If you have at least six or seven children, you greatly increase the odds that at least one will live to a ripe old age to be able to take care of you when you’re older. Safety in numbers they say, playing the odds. It’s a great motivation for excessive breeding. Sure, you’ll mourn the loss of a child when they slam into a pole because they were texting their girlfriend, but the loss will be assuaged when you realize there are six others still out there who love you for who you are because of their genetic commitment to you.

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