CARSCHOOLING

(kar SKOO.ling)

n.

Educating or instructing a child while driving in a car. Also: car schooling or carschooling.

Louis C. DeLuca, a semiretired salesman and a state senator in Connecticut, has had it with people reading the newspaper on the steering wheel, car-schooling their kids from the front seat and drive-time dining. He is the sponsor of a bill, passed Monday by the legislature's Transportation Committee, attacking "driving while distracted."

— Matthew Purdy, "Don't Touch That Dial, Drivers," The New York Times, April 4, 2001

Grant and others who educate their children at home offer the following tips on turning the summer break into an educational opportunity: ...In the car: As Grant has found, an extended education often involves travel. "We basically do car-schooling," she said.

— Jill Smith, "Keep kids learning on summer break," The Oregonian, June 15, 2000

I should point out that Car Schooling is a registered trademark of writer Diane Flynn Keith, who probably coined the phrase.

askable parent

carcooning

dashboard dining

dashboard drum

drive-through cuisine

drive-time dining

edupunk

fampool

hyper-parenting

lifelong parenting

novelty degree

school refusal

stealth parenting

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