@donnatella: When our kids were learning to drive, Debbie was the nervous one. I would just remain calm and give them instructions (I was outwardly calm, internally I was nervous!). They preferred to have me as the passenger. I started them off by going to the nearby elementary school when the parking lot was deserted and have them get a feel for accelerating, stopping, turning, and even parking. It helped when they later took driving lessons.Our daughter was more "know it all" than our son. I just let her make a few mistakes until she realized that she didn't know it all. BTW, when I was the passenger when she was driving, I discreetly kept my left hand on the emergency brake handle. 4951