by Tim | Sep 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
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...
by Tim | Aug 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Five years ago today, I started this blog with a post entitled “Why A Safe Teen Driving Blog for Parents?” I invite you to go to the Archives and revisit that beginning, but in summary, I felt there was no resource available to parents that was providing...
by Tim | Aug 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
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. Here is a description of the show: “As the voice of M2M and connected devices, The Peggy Smedley...
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...
