All for getting kids early training, all of mine got behind the wheel on a hebridean beach well before they were 17, one daughter now a qualified driving instructor so guess she caught the bug.
I taught myself to drive when I was around 7/8 by watching the driver who took us on holiday every year (parents never drove) back then there was bench seats so sat in between my Dad and the driver, went from there to make my own "car" with a garden seat, wooden pedal set up and an old Rover 100 steering wheel complete with wooden column gear shift lever :!: Could move a car with ease when I was 10 even though the pedals were sometimes a stretch.
Then my first car was at 16 when I worked in a garage and also moved all the cars in and out of the workshop and showrooms so by the time I was 17 I could thread any car into any space backwards or forwards, made test manouvres a doddle.
Any practise gives much needed confidence and as above means they can then concentrate on avoiding the idiots, well done :grin: