Dear Teens: This’ll Flunk You On The Road Test

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Though it may seem like the end of the world to a teen who flunks his road test, it’s not. It’s a parent’s job to get him back up on that horse, and try again as soon as possible.

5 Things You Do That Annoy Me: On the Road Edition

bumper balls

1. You do not use your turn signal. Ever. Or if you do, you use it while you are actively in process of being more than 80% in my lane. An alternative name for a turn signal is an indicator light. As in, “I am indicating to you that I would prefer to be in [...]

Hate is Good for You in a Zen Kind of Way

Let the hate enter your heart and overtake you

Don’t you hate it when this happens… You drive into one of those busy little strip malls with one of those parking lots that never has enough parking spots for everyone. The shops are just those quick in-and-out type shops—maybe a bank, a drycleaner, a bakery—nothing where you really need to stay too long. So, [...]

Driving Me Mad

Car Trip with Kids

Question: What’s more challenging to your sanity in the world of child rearing than being locked in a moving car going seventy plus miles an hour with a couple of kids for more than four hours? Answer: There is nothing more challenging.  Well.  Except maybe flying with kids for more than four hours. I know [...]

My Excuses are Running Out

Things have changed since I was a teenager. Internet, cell phones, texting, Facebook, the fact that everyone seems to have cable television, and the driving age. Giggles, my recently turned sixteen year old daughter,