If you thought you’ll be able to accurately monitor your teenaged son/daughter’s movements by installing a gps teen tracking in his/her vehicle then you couldn’t be farthest from truth. A teenager is a young adult who is trying to understand the world through his own eyes. Any parental supervision is detested and abhorred. If it’s forced on them they either meekly comply only to explode at a later stage or search for devious means of duping the restriction. As a parent you actually force your offspring to walk the slippery blind alley of deception.
When you feel your teenager has not matured enough to handle things on his/her own and it might be hazardous to let him/her be behind the wheel, don’t let him/her drive on his/her own, as simple as that. Why invite a tension and try to find ways to reduce it and in the process sow seeds of mistrust between you and your own child? That’s pretty ridiculous, isn’t it?
Your responsibility does not end by enrolling your teenager in a driving school. Parents are supposed to assist their offspring to become matured and responsible and develop the proper attitude which will help him/her not only become a cautious driver but also lead a successful and prosperous life.
As responsible parents you should sit with him/her in the car when he/she learns how to drive. If you try to hide behind the smokescreen of busy schedules and evade the hard task of being your teenager’s friend, you’ll find yourself groping for some electronic teen driver monitor to do what you should have done much earlier.
Teenagers must be given space and independence to work out their own social paradigms and associated dynamics. This is the only way they can mature and lead a meaningful life. We would as parents be doing a great harm if we stifle this maturing process with electronic teen tracking devices. These gizmos only end up creating oversized kids toddling through their lives unsure of themselves and forever on the lookout for a helping hand.
I don’t have a great knowledge of history but I’m reasonably certain neither Abraham Lincoln’s nor Bill Gates’ parents went snooping after them with gps tracking devices. They are I’m sure you’ll agree, people whom we look upon as role models.
Have you ever seen an elephant mother supervising her offspring after it has learnt the basics of existence? No, no, I’m in no way denigrating or dragging you to the level of an animal. But we don’t have drug addicted elephants, or, for that matter, elephants who commit criminal acts against other elephants, do we? Every species of the animal kingdom allow their juniors to grow up the tough way. So, why shouldn’t we?
