--- title: Parents Teach Kid to Drive So He'd Stop Playing Video Games description: The parents of an 11-year-old boy taught him to drive in an attempt to keep him from playing video games like Grand Theft Auto. canonical: https://time.com/5794625/kid-driving-practice/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-03-03T16:53:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:20.758Z og:title: Parents Teach Kid to Drive So He Won't Play Video Games og:description: That's one way to do it og:url: https://time.com/5794625/kid-driving-practice/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23ea1be50306a771/698a0b1122fb8577b2e2aae7/parents-take-kid-driving-instead-of-video-games.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1918 og:image:height: 1079 og:image:alt: Car driving down on highway og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Parents Teach Kid to Drive So He Won't Play Video Games twitter:description: That's one way to do it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23ea1be50306a771/698a0b1122fb8577b2e2aae7/parents-take-kid-driving-instead-of-video-games.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Parents Take 11-Year-Old Kid to Practice Driving Because They Were Tired of Him Playing Video Games All Day > Sponsored content. 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Getty Images—Copyright Fabio S.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 3, 2020 4:53 PM UTC Setting boundaries for kids’ time [playing video games](https://time.com/124498/handheld-video-games-kids-hooked/) in this day and age can be challenging for any parent, but here’s how one took a creative (if slightly illegal) approach this week. According to a tweet posted by the Lancashire Road Police, a parent who was fed up with their 11-year-old son’s obsession with playing the video game [Grand Theft Auto](https://time.com/3593048/grand-theft-auto-v-first-person/) decided to [teach him how to drive](https://time.com/3761155/prank-rally-driver-leona-chin-malaysia-driving-instructors/) in real life. The parent and child were practicing driving in a parking lot in Blackpool, England before they were caught by the police. While the parent was eventually reported for traffic offenses, it appears that the Lancashire Road Police found some humor in the unorthodox situation, as they tweeted alongside the commentary, a photo of the car in the parking lot and a photo of a police car and the caption, “busted,” in the font associated with the notorious video game. 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