--- 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. title: Parents Teach Kid to Drive So He Won't Play Video Games image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23ea1be50306a771/698a0b1122fb8577b2e2aae7/parents-take-kid-driving-instead-of-video-games.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Parents Take 11-Year-Old Kid to Practice Driving Because They Were Tired of Him Playing Video Games All Day  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 3, 2020 4:53 PM CUT  View from inside of car driving down on highway. View from inside of car driving down on highway.Getty Images—Copyright Fabio S.  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 3, 2020 4:53 PM CUT Setting boundaries for kids’ time [playing video games](https://time.com/124498/handheld-video-games-kids-hooked/ "undefined") 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/ "undefined") decided to [teach him how to drive](https://time.com/3761155/prank-rally-driver-leona-chin-malaysia-driving-instructors/ "undefined") 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. See the full tweet below. > [](https://twitter.com/LancsRoadPolice/status/1234152970159370242) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5794625/kid-driving-practice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5794625/kid-driving-practice/"},"headline":"Parents Take 11-Year-Old Kid to Practice Driving Because They Were Tired of Him Playing Video Games All Day","datePublished":"2020-03-03T16:53:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:20.758Z","description":"That's one way to do it","url":"https://time.com/5794625/kid-driving-practice/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"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=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"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=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Car driving down on highway","caption":"Car driving down on highway","creditText":"Getty Images—Copyright Fabio S.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5794625/kid-driving-practice/","name":"Parents Take 11-Year-Old Kid to Practice Driving Because They Were Tired of Him Playing Video Games All Day"}}]}] ```