FROM REID'S DAD - Blog
A listing of my most recent posts. For the full list, please refer to the Archives
New Research Note About ADHD, Medication, and Driving
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has put out a new blog post about a recent study of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), medication, and driving among adults. The new study did not focus on teens, but Dr. Huang of CHOP offers comments about what this new research implies for teen drivers with ADHD, and their parents.
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5TH Anniversary, New Look, Same Focus On Parenting Teen Drivers
Five years ago today, I started this blog with a post entitled “Why A Safe Teen Driving Blog for Parents?” I felt there was no resource available to parents that was providing clear, unvarnished explanations of the dangers of teen driving, and what parents can do about them before their teens get behind the wheel.
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Talking About Distracted Driving on the Peggy Smedley Show, Tuesday Sept. 2, 1:45 PM Eastern Time
On Tuesday September 2 at 1:45 PM Eastern time (12:45 Central Time), I will be discussing distracted driving on the Peggy Smedley show, which originates from Illinois.
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Parents Trusting Teens With Fun That Can Be Dangerous
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 boat’s propeller after she fell off her tube and the boat driver went back to pick her up.
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The President and Mrs. Obama Now Have a Teen Driver
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... read more
My Open Letter To New Teen Drivers, As a Two-Page PDF
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... read moreMy “Open Letter” to Teens Getting a Driver’s License
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... read more
My NOYS Safe Teen Driving Interview
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... read more
Reid Would Have Turned 25 Today
Reid would have turned 25 today. He died at age 17 in December 2006, the driver in a one-car crash, eleven months after getting his license. During the past seven years, I have heard one question more than any other: “It never goes away, does... read more