This coaching tip continues our 8 part series on simple strategies for maximizing your student’s ability to learn. These tips come from a lecture by Debra Bell. The fourth simple strategy is the student must have a positive example to reinforce what they learn. Basically, you need to set a good example of a good […]

This coaching tip continues our 8 part series on simple strategies for maximizing your student’s ability to learn. These tips come from a lecture by Debra Bell. The third simple strategy is the student must have some control over what it is they will learn. This can seem a bit tricky to accomplish. After all, […]

Peer pressure is nothing new and something we’ve all encountered. I want to point out, though, that you may find it in places you don’t expect. One of those places falls squarely in my area of expertise, so I’m going to tell you about it in this week’s coaching tip. Peer pressure while you’re driving […]

Every parent likes to think their child is a unique snowflake, and you know what , you’re absolutely right. As much as we all have in common, everyone’s just a little bit different. One of the things you’re going to notice about your teenager is that he or she has their own particular way they […]

I want to talk to you today about how we can all accept responsibility for what happens to us in our daily lives. Specifically, let’s talk about accepting responsibility in driving and driver education, since that’s what we do here at Driver Ed in a Box®: with your help, we produce responsible, collision-free drivers. If […]

Independence Day has come and gone this month, but it is such a landmark holiday, we’re going to keep in the spirit of things with this week’s coaching tip. Benjamin Franklin said “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” For Mr. Franklin and his fellow signers of the Declaration of […]

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Barbara Corcoran a while ago, and I learned a few things from her that helped me, and even a few things that can help you as you teach your teen to drive, or learn to drive yourself. Finishing up our three part series on what Barbara Corcoran of […]

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Barbara Corcoran a while ago, and I learned a few things from her that helped me, and even a few things that can help you as you teach your teen to drive, or learn to drive yourself. To kick off a three part series on what Barbara Corcoran […]

Driver education is not an exact science, but it’s some kind of a science, so we can use a little help from one of the greatest scientists that ever lived: Albert Einstein. What does Albert Einstein have to teach us about driver education. He said “nothing happens until something moves.” He wasn’t specifically talking about […]

Driver education is something many teens take for granted. After all, it’s assumed that they will be driving at some point, so it follows that of course they will receive driver education. And they will, hopefully. What I want to talk about today, though, is how they get their driver education. In my experience, the […]