No Tan Rápido
Cómo orientar a sus adolescentes acerca de los peligros de conducir
NOT SO FAST: Parenting Your Teen Through The Dangers of Driving will be published in Spanish on September 1, 2015 as NO TAN RÁPIDO by the Chicago Review Press, and distributed by the Spanish-language arm of Independent Publishers Group.
NOT SO FAST, first published in 2013, is a unique resource for parents of teen drivers because it focuses not on driving, but on what parents can do day-by-day before their teens get behind the wheel to prevent the predictable, most dangerous teen driving situations from happening in the first place. Publisher’s Weekly called NOT SO FAST, “A concise, practical and potentially life-saving book that should be required reading for every parent before their teen gets behind the wheel.” The book has been featured on national and regional television, radio, and print media, including the “Home & Family Show” on the Hallmark Channel and “Raising America” on HLN. Proceeds from NOT SO FAST are donated to the Reid Hollister Memorial Fund, which supports infant and toddler education and safe driving programs.
The Spanish publication has been prompted by the fact that, in addition to the existing Spanish-speaking population, as of January 2015, the District of Columbia and ten states (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Vermont, Utah, Washington, New Mexico, Maryland, and Nevada), are issuing driver’s licenses to undocumented residents, many of whom are Spanish speaking.
ASPIRA, the national Latino youth organization, and the National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS), www.noys.org, are lending their support to the Spanish publication of NOT SO FAST. An endorsement from ASPIRA National President Ronald Blackburn is attached. NOYS Chief Executive Officer Anita Boles calls the effort, “A great step toward educating Latino parents about safe teen driving.”
The Introduction, in Spanish, is also attached. Additional information will be available in the coming months on the NOT SO FAST website, www.nsfteendriving.com, and on Tim Hollister’ blog for parents of teen drivers, “From Reid’s Dad,” www.fromreidsdad.org.
About the Author
Tim Hollister
Tim Hollister is the author of the forthcoming book HIS FATHER STILL: A Parenting Memoir (Argo Navis, September 2015). Since the death of his 17-year-old son Reid in a car crash in 2006, Tim has become a nationally known advocate for safer teen driving. In 2009, he launched his national blog for parents of teen drivers, “From Reid’s Dad,” www.fromreidsdad.org.
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Praise
“Accidentes de autos son la principal causa de muerte entre los adolescentes latinos. Por años, ASPIRA, junto con varias otras organizaciones latinas nacionales, ha llevado a cabo una campaña nacional para promover la seguridad entre conductores adolescentes.
Entregar las llaves de un auto a un adolescente es una de las decisiones más importantes que puede hacer un padre. Sin embargo, con demasiada frecuencia, los padres toman esa decisión sin estar plenamente conscientes de los muchos factores que afectan la forma en que conduce un adolescente, y de sus propias responsabilidades antes y después de que sus hijos adolescentes comienzan a conducir. Tim Hollister demuestra claramente en este excelente libro, No tan rápido, que “los adolescentes no son conductores seguros”. Leyes bienintencionadas, los esfuerzos para aplicar las leyes de tránsito y la educación para conducir ciertamente no son suficientes. Pero muchos padres parecen pensar que sí. En última instancias, son los padres los responsables de la decisión de permitir que sus hijos adolescentes conduzcan un auto. Es su responsabilidad conocer estos factores y de evaluar, objetivamente, la capacidad de su hijo adolescente para conducir con seguridad antes de entregarles las llaves de un auto. No deben dejarse llevar por la presión del adolescente, la confianza que puedan tener en la habilidad del adolescente para conducir, o en la ley. No tan rápido no abre los ojos a las realidades del conductor adolescente. Todo padre con un adolescente que ya conduce o que está por comenzar a conducir, debe leer este libro.”
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