Are Parents To Blame For Distracted Driving Essay
Are Parents To Blame For Their Teenager’s Distracted Driving?
There will come a day when I will have to oversee one of the scariest encounters as a parent; when my youngster gets his drivers license.
My toddler's third birthday is right around the corner and I just enrolled him in preschool. Time is flying by at an incredibly fast rate and I’d prefer not to think of the trials my family will have to face when he is 16.
That is the reason why it is important to be a good role model to my son already, even though he is still only a little tot. Right now he is extremely influenced by other people's words and actions because that is how he learns language and behaviors. As he gets older, I know he will take the behaviors that he has seen and …show more content…
If you constantly call your child and expect them to converse with you while they drive; they will believe that it is alright to pick up the phone and talk to anyone while driving. What's even worse is when parents call or text their children when they are behind the wheel!
If you assume that I'm being melodramatic by saying that most adults drive distracted, there have been studies done to show that more adults are on their cell phones behind the wheel than teenagers are. A recent study done by AT&T has found that 49% of adults claim to text behind the wheel compared to 43% of adolescents. Shockingly, 98% of the participants think that texting and driving isn’t safe but many of them continue to do it knowing the risks.
Parents need to shift social standards and break the cycle of atrocious driving behavior. If we are safe drivers, it is more likely our children will be careful in the driver’s seat, too. Don’t be directly involved in your child’s failure as a respectable driver.
If you feel distracted by your phone while in the driver’s seat, pullover in a safe place. Certainly there are important reasons to pull over, and your wellbeing as well as the wellbeing of others is above all the most imperative
There will come a day when I will have to oversee one of the scariest encounters as a parent; when my youngster gets his drivers license.
My toddler's third birthday is right around the corner and I just enrolled him in preschool. Time is flying by at an incredibly fast rate and I’d prefer not to think of the trials my family will have to face when he is 16.
That is the reason why it is important to be a good role model to my son already, even though he is still only a little tot. Right now he is extremely influenced by other people's words and actions because that is how he learns language and behaviors. As he gets older, I know he will take the behaviors that he has seen and …show more content…
If you constantly call your child and expect them to converse with you while they drive; they will believe that it is alright to pick up the phone and talk to anyone while driving. What's even worse is when parents call or text their children when they are behind the wheel!
If you assume that I'm being melodramatic by saying that most adults drive distracted, there have been studies done to show that more adults are on their cell phones behind the wheel than teenagers are. A recent study done by AT&T has found that 49% of adults claim to text behind the wheel compared to 43% of adolescents. Shockingly, 98% of the participants think that texting and driving isn’t safe but many of them continue to do it knowing the risks.
Parents need to shift social standards and break the cycle of atrocious driving behavior. If we are safe drivers, it is more likely our children will be careful in the driver’s seat, too. Don’t be directly involved in your child’s failure as a respectable driver.
If you feel distracted by your phone while in the driver’s seat, pullover in a safe place. Certainly there are important reasons to pull over, and your wellbeing as well as the wellbeing of others is above all the most imperative