Before you teen takes the wheel of your car, you might want to download a few apps that will help you have some peace of mind and hopefully, help them to become safe drivers. From monitoring their speed and mileage to making sure they keep their eyes on the road, here are three apps that all parents will want when they have a teen driver.

DriveSafe.ly- This is a great app to encourage your teens to not text while they drive. This app ispowered by iSpeech and it helps puts a stop to distracted driving by reading SMS messages out loud. So now your teen drivers won’t feel tempted to look at their phones to check a text. There is also a feature to send auto responses to make sure your teens keep their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel. This is an apt that you’ll want to use as well.  There is a cost for this app, for a single user, you can expect to pay $13.95/year or $3.99/month and for a family pack: $34.95/year or $9.99/month

Automatic- Automatic Pro is a car-monitoring app that parents with teens who drive. The app works with an adapter that is placed under the dashboard and monitors your teens driving. It works by collecting data and sharing the data with you via the app. So you will get speed and driving history as well as crash service with 24/7 emergency response contacts.  While the adapter is $130, the app is free and works with IOS and Android.

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If you aren’t hosting dinner for the holidays, then you’ll probably want to bring a dish so that your host or hostess doesn’t have to make everything. The only problem is getting the food from point A to point B intact and still looking and tasting delicious. So if you are traveling over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house or all the way across town to enjoy some holiday family time, here’s a few quick and easy ways to travel with food.

Pack the finishing touches like garnish and toppings and put those on once you arrive. For desserts or dishes that have any extras, leave those until you arrive so that you can add the garnishes right before the food is served.

Use the Floor and Lots of Plastic Wrap. Don’t set food on a seat. Instead place it on the floor so there will be less chance it will spill. When packing up the food, use lots of plastic wrap on top of the serving dishes or plastic containers then place lids on top. This gives you an added layer of protection. Then finish by wrapping the lid and containers with more plastic wrap.

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There is so much to love about winter: watching the beautiful snow fall, ice skating, skiing, building snowmen, and sipping hot coco after a fun day of playing outside. However, there is a lot to winter that isn’t so great: ice, snow covered roads, and freezing temps. Since we can’t always play in the snow or just stay inside and wait for spring, here’s a few winter life hacks to help you survive the coldest months.

With freezing temperatures often comes car doors that are frozen stuck. Use this hack to fix a frozen door. Spray a small amount off cooking spray on the inside of your doors to prevent them from freezing at night. The cooking spray keeps the water that runs in the cracks of your door and the rubber parts from freezing overnight.

Foggy windows and windshield are a constant winter annoyance and it makes driving impossible! Stay safe while you drive with this hack. There are two quick fixes: roll down the window for some fresh air to defog and use a chalkboard eraser to clear the windows without leaving a smudgy mess behind.

To prevent the foggy windows, put shaving cream on the inside of your windows and wipe it off. The shaving cream will leave a thin layer on your window, but won’t affect your view. The ingredients in shaving cream are similar to expensive commercial defoggers.

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