My name is Dale Wisely. I have been a child and adolescent psychologist for 26 years.  I now head the Student Services department at Mountain Brook Schools in Alabama. 

The purpose of this website is to convince parents of the need to take teenage driving seriously and to take steps to reduce the risk of their children being in auto accidents.  Among these steps is a parent-teen driving agreement.  This website has one you can use and it's free. It's in wide use and has been written up or mentioned in several major news outlets.

In addition, we have a free model parent-teen contract covering RIDING with friends who are licensed.  For more on this, see this page.

I believe that the driving issue can and should be handled in a way that respects the teenager.  I do believe we often demonize teenagers and treat them unfairly.  For a little more discussion about this, see this page.

Note:  I suggest that you go through the main content of this website in sequence.  To the left you'll see some links to the main pages, "Getting Started"--the one you're on now--through "The Contract."  Or just follow the "Next" links at the bottom of each page.