Teach Your Teen to Drive Safely and Confidently
Discover the 7 most common mistakes parents make — and how to avoid them before it’s too late.
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7 Mistakes Parents Make When Teaching Their Teen to Drive
Start your next practice session with a clearer plan. Get practical ideas for coaching, building good habits, and preparing for more demanding driving situations.
Make Practice More Purposeful
- Recognize habits that can create tension.
- Move beyond simply “driving around.”
- Coach with clear, useful feedback.
- Think through practice in rain, darkness, traffic, and on highways.
From the family behind BTWS
Experience You Can Learn From
Created by Behind the Wheel Skills, with guidance rooted in Clay Harrell’s 33-year professional transportation career and experience teaching his own family.
“I have learned so much about teaching my kids to drive.”
— Amber M., BTWS course parent
Meet our family →Inside This Free PDF, You’ll Learn:
✅ The #1 mistake that causes tension and delays learning progress
✅ Why “just driving around” actually forms bad habits
✅ How to coach without criticism (even when your teen makes scary mistakes)
✅ The safest way to expose your teen to:
- Rain
- Night Driving
- Highways
- Traffic
✅ Why most parent-led driving plans fail — and how to fix it fast
Created by Behind The Wheel Skills — a parent-led driving course backed by 40+ years of real-world experience helping teens drive safely and confidently.
WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING
Bobby F
After my 17-year-old daughter totaled her car, Clay agreed to work with her on defensive driving. She has never had another accident since. When my son turned 16, I asked Clay to work with him too. He is now a professional tractor-trailer driver for a major transportation company. My 15-year-old grandson is now enrolled in this course.
Amber M
My son and I finished all the videos and downloads. It was truly amazing and I found them so informative. They are also very professionally made/edited. They contain key points that I had not been teaching my son because I took them for granted. Our brains really do so much when we drive. I think it is an excellent course and I’m sure many parents will benefit. I have learned so much about teaching my kids to drive.
Kami H
Behind The Wheel Skills was a game changer for my teenager (and me). It was simple to follow along with and made me feel confident that my new driver has the skills she needs to be successful. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
MEET THE TEAM
Behind The Wheel Skills was created by the Harrell family with one mission: helping families raise safer, more confident teen drivers.
With decades of real-world defensive driving experience, years spent training drivers, and a passion for helping families succeed, the Harrells built a clear, step-by-step system designed to give parents the structure and confidence needed to train teens safely for the road ahead.
