We have long known that teens’ likelihood of smoking, drinking, or delinquency is closely linked to their parents’ approach to parenting— your “parenting style.”
Research out of The Center for Injury Research and Prevention shows parenting style makes a big difference when it comes to your teen’s driving safety. “Parenting style” describes the balance between warmth or support and control or rules. Some styles are heavy on control whereas others offer lots of warmth but few boundaries.
Parenting isn’t easy. Watch tips from real doctors, who are also driving experts, offering practical advice that can help you in parenting your teen to be a safer driver.
The answers to these questions can help you be an effective parent of a new driver: