I told AJ that I wanted to take him out to drive. He's 12 1/2 and he's darn responsible. It felt like it's a right of passage that you get to go out early with your parent and learn the basics. Then when it is time to get on the road it doesn't feel so foreign.
AJ is a guy that gets excited about video games. I struggle to hold my own with the things he gets excited about, so when I find something that he's interested in...it hits that one spot in my heart that basically fills me with glitter/puppies/and warm hot chocolate. So when I mentioned taking him out in the car....he got excited AND I got the glittery heart.
I had a pep talk with myself about what kind of mom I wanted to be before we took him out to start his driving journey. This involved being CALM. Being wise. Being simple. We went driving for about 20 minutes today in a high school parking lot. There was still snow, but most of it was gone. AJ did so well! He learned about mirrors, turning radius, reverse, turn signals, how much pressure that is required, the pressure you feel when you drive by a parked car because you don't want to hit it, and what ice/snow feels like when you go over it.
We brought Kevin and we decided a success metric is the amount of times that Kevin is thrust from the middle seat into the front seat due to break force used by AJ. This time....it was 2 times. NOT BAD!!!!!!!!
We both left happy, talking to each other, and AJ even said, "Thank you Mom for taking me driving."That might be my favorite success metric:) Until next time!
Love,
Mom
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