Learning with a parent vs with an instructor

I was wondering, which do you think is better? because I've seen quite a few people in this subforum say instructors are better, but then I've heard that people who learn with a parent are more likely to pass their test on their first try because they get more opportunities to drive and are thus more confident behind the wheel.
so, opinions?

Why not both?

Your parents won't have recently passed their test and so might not be able to tell you things that a professional instructor can.

An instructor can give you the correct information and properly structured lessons, then you can take what you have learnt and practice it with your parents.

Make things easy for yourself and have the best of both worlds.

idk how it works in the UK exactly, but here in Finland if you want to teach your child to drive you have to take a theory test and get a teaching license, which means you'll be up to date on everything personally, i'm learning with my dad, and it's going really well so far. it might also be different for different people but based on what i've heard from friends, those learning with parents get a lot more one-on-one time and practice than those going to driving school.

I didn't know you were from Finland but that sounds cool! Do which ever way you feel comfortable with and it sounds like you're getting on good learning with your dad so just do that!

Best of luck and I really envy you living and learning to drive in Finland, looks like a beautiful country to be able to explore!

How much is getting insured on a parents car for learning vs paying say £20 per lesson.

Literally have no idea but this could work out a far cheaper option and with a vast amount more practice time.

again, I don't know how the whole UK system works but here it works out a lot cheaper to learn with parents than go to driving school

well I mean it does say so right under my name but whatever

funny story, I'm quite looking forward to leaving Finland for uni and coming to the UK... I guess it's one of those grass is greener things. it is quite a good place to learn how to drive though, I live right outside the capital in the second-biggest city but there are still a bunch of back roads ideal for practising on the first few times located really close I'm just a little worried about having to learn to drive on the 'wrong side' at some point, since I intend to stay in the UK for as long as possible

Yeah learn with parents then

Haha yeah sorry, I don't tend to look at peoples' names or locations.

Sounds really good though! haha yeah I've always thought driving on the opposite side to what you're used to must be really weird, but probably quite easy to pick up. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the UK and couldn't recommend it enough but there are more visually appealing countries in the World, one of them being Finland!

visually appealing only gets you so far though i would much rather live in a perhaps less appealing but still anglophone country well-known throughout the world than have to explain "yeah it's between russia and sweden" every time i introduce myself

Hahaha that's funny but also true I guess. I think it's just a place I'd like to see in the near future. Along with places like Norway and anywhere else like that. You'll love the UK though, plenty to do and see here

I hope so! I'm starting uni in september (assuming I meet my offer but let's not talk about that) and I'm counting the days