13/01/17 01:36
The driver in question is not me but the beloved youngest of our four sons, whom I've been trying to teach how to reverse into a parking space — alas, with little success so far. It was last autumn, after he had twice failed his driving test, when I felt I could dodge my paternal responsibilities no longer. I had helped teach two of his older brothers to drive (son number three, mercifully, has shown no interest) — and I suspect other parents may understand my reluctance to repeat the experience. Indeed, there are few duties of parenthood more nerve-racking than sitting in the front passenger seat beside our learner offspring, desperately worried that they're going to hit someone or something, but anxious not to shatter their confidence by showing our terror.
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