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Driving lessons for under 17s are growing in popularity, with the UK’s largest provider of driving tuition for 10 to 17 year olds delivering its 750,000th lesson late last year, giving 10,000 more lessons in 2019 than in the previous year. The scheme, Young Driver, aims to extend the learning period, reducing the high number of accidents newly qualified drivers have when they first pass their test. But could getting youngsters behind the wheel at an earlier age also provide a valuable boost to their general selfesteem and wellbeing? When parents were asked what worried them most about the pressures on teenagers in the modern world, one in four of the 1,000 surveyed by Young Driver (24 per cent) said a lack of genuine self-confidence. Research also revealed that one in five people (19 per cent) booking a Young Driver lesson said they were doing so to help improve a young person’s general confidence levels. www.youngdriver.com
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