Every year, 600,000+ Americans over 70 stop driving. For most, an adult child started that conversation — and got it wrong the first time because nobody handed them a plan.

This is that plan. 9 short chapters, 12+ ready-to-adapt scripts: how to open the conversation without it sounding like an accusation, what to say to a doctor to get them on your side first, different scripts for a proud parent vs. an anxious one vs. one in denial, what to do if they say no, and how to handle a sibling who thinks you’re overreacting.

Real research cited throughout — crash statistics, the depression risk after driving stops, why “they seem fine” is usually wrong.

23 pages. PDF. Read it once before the conversation, keep the one-page summary for the day itself.