{"id":4700,"date":"2018-11-30T14:33:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T20:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/?p=4700"},"modified":"2018-11-30T14:33:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T20:33:52","slug":"teens-more-likely-to-learn-distracted-driving-behavior-from-their-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/teens-more-likely-to-learn-distracted-driving-behavior-from-their-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Teens More Likely to Learn Distracted Driving Behavior From Their Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As parents we know that our kids are always watching. They notice our behaviors and actions when we least expect it and often reflect back what we do in their own actions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/driving.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4701\" src=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/driving.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/driving.jpg 1614w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/driving-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/driving-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/driving-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/driving-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a recent study of more than 1,500 teens conducted by Texas A&amp;M University and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aceable.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aceable Drivers Ed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, researchers found that teenagers are more likely to witness their parents engaging in distracted driving behavior than their peers. It\u2019s often assumed that the generation who grew up with cell phones from a young age are the worst offenders when when it comes to poor driving habits when, in reality, they report their friends and peers engaging in fewer instances of distracted driving than their parents. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GQK3D7YybmU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modeling good behavior for our kids starts at home. This is why it\u2019s so important for parents to set a great example around safe driving habits. Driving is a huge responsibility and we want our kids to be as safe as possible on the road. Here are a few easy tips to get started so you can set the right example, and become a safer driver yourself: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Put your phone in the glovebox while driving <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pull over to a complete stop if you need to make a call or eat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get completely ready at home so you\u2019re not multitasking in the car <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep pets in a carrier or secured in the back seat while driving <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find some apps that help pause notifications on your phone while driving <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always put on your seatbelt and insist others do the same <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be sure to check out the article with more in-depth information and tips from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aceable.com\/distracted-driving\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distracted driving study.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As parents we know that our kids are always watching. They notice our behaviors and actions when we least expect it and often reflect back what we do in their own actions. In a recent study of more than 1,500 teens conducted by Texas A&amp;M University and Aceable Drivers Ed, researchers found that teenagers are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Teens More Likely to Learn Distracted Driving Behavior From Their Parents #dadbloggers","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,3,1,276],"tags":[126,12,174,147,331],"class_list":["post-4700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps-tech","category-around-town","category-blog","category-family","tag-apps-and-tech","tag-blog-2","tag-driving","tag-family","tag-safety"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/driving.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JMKA-1dO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4702,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700\/revisions\/4702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}