I let the wife drive mine specifically because she occasionally does have "distance judgement" lapses. Instead of her high centering or busting up the mazda going over the curbs in parking lots, she can just drive right over them in the tundra!
Actually the first weekend we had the truck she told me I might as well skip the "maze" at the local ikea and just drive straight over the concrete lane dividers to get to the road. Saved about 5 minutes and got a buncha thumbs up from the other drivers trying to find their way out.
Driver training is a must, i know guys who are just as bad at parking or driving as women. Sometimes "training" involves money and vehicle damage, but it's the only way some people learn. Good to see the damage wasn't as bad as it could have been, and I bet your wife won't make that mistake again.
Mine once cut a corner to sharply in her first car and got a nice dent from the A pillar all the way to the trunk from the concrete post that said "No, you're not going to turn THAT sharply". She's never misjudged a corner since.
If i had that kinda damage i'd just look at it and say "Thanks dear, you just gave me a reason for an ARB/FabFour/IronBull bumper and you even get to pay for it!" (unless we went through insurance of course)