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Your aging parent values their independence and wants to keep driving even though their memory is slipping. They drive to get groceries, see friends, and go to health appointments.
A family friend works at the driver's license office and helps your parent pass the renewal test for seniors even though you both know they are unfit to drive anymore.
What do you do?
Take the keys away. It is unsafe for your parent to drive and an accident is inevitable.
Turn a blind eye. Without a license, your aging parent would become extremely dependent and may even age more quickly.
Useful Language
Students can access a Useful Language drawer at any time during the activity. The key vocabulary and sentence stems will help your learners express their thoughts and opinions.
Keywords
- unfit: not suitable or capable
- independence: being able to do things on your own without needing help from others
- reflexes: how quickly your body reacts when something happens, like moving your foot to brake a car
- inevitable: something that will definitely happen and cannot be avoided
- renewal: the process of making something valid again, like renewing a driver’s license so you can keep using it
Sentence Stems
- If they keep driving, they might…
- If they stop driving, they will have to…
- It’s better to…than to…
- It’s hard because…
- When elderly people lose their independence...