Teen riders/drivers have the highest crash risk of any age group. They have the highest involvement rates in all types of crashes, from those involving accidents that are fatal. The problem is worst among youth in their first years of driving, who have the most limited driving experience and an immaturity that often results in risk taking behind the wheel. Parents are today concerned about our youth's safety. The future of our society rests in our children. Clearly, without new citizens, a culture stagnates. Therefore, protecting youth from its own faults and foolhardiness falls to the parents, who are more responsible members of the community.
It is the parents and the guardians who should educate teen riders/drivers about the risks involved in speed and reckless riding and driving. If necessary, be the most annoying parent you can be. Remind your child frequently of the inherent dangers of operating a vehicle with anything less than 100 percent concentration. Insist that they ride/drive in such a manner that they are responsible and make safety their main concern. Speeding and racing is the in-thing now with the teens. It's a craze which takes them nowhere but their tomb. This combined with inexperience and daring, sometimes leads them to make poor driving decisions. It is observed that teen drivers are much more likely to engage in dangers like speeding, swerving, when in the presence of their peers. Teen drivers face a countless dangers when they get behind the wheel, as they have a tendency to ride/drive too fast It is very difficult for the parents to sometimes handle the teen riding/driving problems. This is a question that deeply concerns all of us. If our teen is involved in an accident then every one of us without exception is touched by pain in one form or another, and it comes like a bolt into our life when life seems all happy and promising, and plunge us into sorrow and despair, and make us wonder why it should happen to us at all. We often meet people bitterly complaining of the misfortune and sorrow visiting them when, they say, they had been all their life god-fearing, virtuous and had done no harm to any one. Can we avoid sorrow and suffering after an accident? While we cannot avoid pain, suffering and sorrow in life which is progressive we certainly can and ought to quickly learn the lessons of life, like cautious and attentive riding/driving and thus avoid adding to and multiplying the miseries of our loved ones who wait for safe return of their loved ones at home. Do not let the angels come and ask our teens to fly with them instead!! There is nothing sadder in the world than parents burying their children. The death of a child defies the natural order. We are supposed to die by age, the oldest first. When death occurs out of order, the world turns upside down. Nothing makes sense any more. Our purpose, meaning in life and values are forever altered. A child's death makes powerful ripples that flow out in all directions, touching hundreds of lives. Some people are swept away by the force of the impact, others are brushed gently like waves lapping at toes. Parents....... give control back to God and get back to what you enjoy most.....loving your teen. Parenting teenagers isn't easy. No matter how much we love our kids and want to protect them, we cannot control them or their circumstances. But God is in control, and particularly when we trust Him he can take care of our kids far better than we ever could. So what else can we do? We can pray. In fact, prayer should be our first response because prayer is the most powerful tool at a parent's disposal. Teens.......please understand the distress and anguish that you are creating for the parents and avoid reckless riding/driving. You need to learn gratitude. One primary object of gratitude should be your parents who gave you the gift of life and cared for you since birth, as you are their precious one. ARLETTE AZAVEDO _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list ([email protected])
