OK, is this really an issue?

[Treesh]

Treesh: My daughter is beginning to understand that the standards she has to meet to get my "sign off" are a bit harsher than the min requirements of the State of Texas.  We too can do the parents teach thing, which process we are undergoing.

She has to demonstrate to me competency at night, day, downtown, out of town, and a few rainy days before I will consider her "safe for solo."  She must also be competent in standard and automatic.  Who knows when a friend will need her to drive home after who knows what some night?

My years of flight instructing make me a bit of a hardcase.  Lucky for her, she is a quick study.  Mastered using a clutch in a parking lot on the second try.  Better than either I or my wife.  :)

Occhi
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Yes Occhi, but you are the exception rather than the rule. Most parents down here are terrible drivers themselves and they end up teaching their bad driving to their kids. And most people don't have training in how to teach people and certainly not flight instructor training.