142: Should My Teen Be In Cars with New Drivers?

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

Dr. Lisa Damour/Good Trouble Productions

Kids & Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Parents can feel worried when their teen first starts driving or riding around in friends’ cars. What can parents do to help teens stay safe behind the wheel? What rules should be put in place and how well do those rules work? Dr. Lisa and Reena answer these questions and more while also addressing graduated drivers’ license laws and the part they play in reducing accidents among young drivers. Follow and subscribe to our new YouTube channel where you can see all our latest video episodes: https://youtube.com/@asklisapodcast Join us NOVEMBER 6th for our very first Ask Lisa Podcast live event - get your tickets here: stagepilot.com/asklisa And follow us on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn @AskLisaPodcast, @Lisa.Damour, @ReenaNinan. Checkout Dr. Lisa’s website for more resources: https://www.drlisadamour.com/ Ask Lisa is produced by: https://www.goodtroubleproductions.com

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rina Ninean and this is Ask Lisa, the Psychology of Parenting Podcast.
0:10.7	It's a podcast to help parents better understand their kids. Dr. Lisa DeMore, a psychologist with three
0:17.2	decades of experience, and the author of three New York Times best-selling parenting
0:21.8	books takes your questions. Both of us are moms ourselves, and we're eager to hear from you.
0:27.1	So send us your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.LisaDemore.com. And you can join our community by
0:32.8	following us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The handle is Ask Lisa Podcast.
0:38.5	And also subscribe to our brand new YouTube channel, Ask Lisa Podcast.
0:43.4	Episode 142, should my teen be in cars with new drivers?
0:51.7	What age were you when you started to drive?
0:54.5	So I was 16. I got my license on my birthday. I remember it. I have a November birthday. I remember waking up and it had snowed and I was super bombed. But I was in Colorado and I didn't want to take my driving test in the snow, but I took that test and I passed it the first time. But interestingly, I was young for my grade, and my closest friends who were twins had gotten their license in January, a full 11 months before I did.
1:23.2	And I had been driving around with them for almost a year before I was driving.
1:29.9	So this letter...
1:31.4	How long had they been driving?
1:32.9	Like just literally got their license.
1:34.7	Oh, got their license.
1:35.4	I was in.
1:36.1	I was jumping in their car.
1:37.6	Jumping in their car.
1:38.8	It's funny.
1:39.0	Yeah.
1:39.0	How about you, Rina?
1:40.0	How did it unfold for you?
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