When a Parent Stops Driving, the Car Becomes a Different Kind of Decision
Families put a great deal of effort into the driving-cessation conversation itself. Whose job it is to raise it, how to raise it without a fight, what to say when a parent insists they're fine. Less effort tends to go into what happens next: the car sitting in the driveway is now an asset, not a vehicle, and assets come with paperwork rules that transportation decisions never had to account for. That shift catches families off guard for three separate reasons, and each one has a fix that takes less time than most people assume.