Swr# 9 03/19/00 6:04 PM: I do agree that driving lessons begin way before we even sit down behind the driver's seat. It begins with watching our parents and watching tv. I watched a few kids playing, the other day, and they were playing with toy cars...their favorite action was to crash them into each other. That got me thinking....when I watch cartoons or just regular tv, the commercials that hey have now promote crashing cars or racing cars. There's a cartoon dedicated to cars that race...the commercials for leading toy-makers involve cars going in loop-de-loops and then crashing into each other...I'm sure when kids grow older, they realize that something's are not possible with real cars, but I kind of think that some of the fantasy carries over into adult life. In short, I think that sitting down with children and explaining to them what kinds of things on tv, not necessarily only driving, are real and not is integral to the raising of a child. A CARR workbook would be a great resource. Reaction: Speaking of this cognitively, there is strong evidence that our minds and behaviors are influenced by what we are exposed to since birth. I think that there is a heredity of bad driving habits, and that the cycle should be broken. The CARR workbook affects the cognitive, affective and sensorimotor aspect of driving and driver modification. Involving children in this process is very key in breaking thi cycle of bad driving, and QDCs.