u/HoldUp--What

My kids aren't there yet--few years to go--but this is on my mind since I just upgraded to a new minivan (yes I'm very cool... but seriously, if you're thinking about it, get the minivan). My last car had a CD player and the backup camera hasn't worked in a couple years, to give an idea of what I'm upgrading from. The car before that had hand-crank windows.

Now I feel like I'm driving in the future. After my first commute (35 minutes, mostly interstate) i told my husband "the car basically drove itself to work today" between adaptive cruise control, lane following assist, fancy cameras to help with blind spots and parking and... you know, all the things.

Even when I have the "bells and whistles" turned off, we've still got blind spot cameras that pop up when the turn signal is activated, 360 camera that turns itself on when you hit reverse, and (though i haven't tested this) I assume the "oh shit" features will activate automatically if I almost hit something or what have you. As of right now I don't actually trust the quasi-self-driving features, but I've seen videos on tiktok of people putting on their makeup etc on the highway and blindly trusting their cars to keep them safe. And if you "learn to drive" without learning all the ways to keep YOURSELF safe I imagine that's second nature... which is what I'm afraid of.

As a parent I want my kids to be as safe as possible obviously. When they're driving on their own without me over their shoulders I'm sure I'll be grateful for any safety features I can get my hands on. But of course we also want to make sure they can drive safely without them--I'd hate to find out that my kid got in a wreck because the tech messed up and they weren't paying attention or didn't know how to correct, or never figured out how to judge parking without a 360 camera.

So how do we navigate learning to drive? When my big kid gets his permit in a few years do I just cover the dash screen to make him learn how to safely reverse without cameras?

How have parents been navigating this?

Novice here. Went camping this weekend. Got rained on (and our tent got rained IN thanks to a kiddo who went out to pee in the night and didn't zip the door closed when he came back).

We dried everything off as best we could (it is definitely not dry though) and packed up the next morning. I've always been told to unpack your tent when you get home, let it fully dry in the sun. But we won't have a non-rainy day until Wednesday, and that's if the forecast doesn't change to add more rain.

Will a few days packed up and wet ruin our tent? If yes--what should we do instead?

Thanks!