by Tim | Aug 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
I have had a knot in my stomach ever since I read about the 16 year old girl from Greenwich, Connecticut who was killed this past Wednesday while “tubing” — getting pulled on an inner tube by a powerboat — on Long Island Sound. The girl was struck by the...
by Tim | Aug 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
In case you missed it, Huffington Post Parents published “7 Absolute Truths” about being a Dad, provided by the First Dad himself. Number 2 is about Malia having just turned 16, and her parents looking ahead to teaching her to drive. Yes, I have sent the...
by Tim | Aug 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Some of you have seen my “Open Letter” to new teen drivers that was published by AOL Autos on its Autoblog on July 22 (not coincidentally, Reid’s 25th birthday). We now have permission to reprint it, so it is attached as a tidy two-page PDF. Feel free to use or...
by Tim | Aug 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
My friend Sharon Carty, Editor of AOL Autos, gave me a wonderful opportunity to turn my focus from parents to teens by asking me to write an open letter to teens who are getting their driver’s license, telling them what I think they should know, and hope they will...
by Tim | Jul 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
The National Organizations for Youth Safety, known as NOYS, has been a steadfast supporter of my safe teen driving work, both on this blog and my book Not So Fast (Sandy Spavone, former NOYS Executive Director, wrote the Foreword to Not So Fast). NOYS intern Emma...
