Do you let your 13 year old use Uber Teen?

[Anonymous]

My 13 year old really wants to do an activity with a friend. I am a single parent and my younger kids are in bed by the time we would pick up.

Would you be comfortable with Uber teen as a way to get them home?

Friend’s parent would stay until they were in the car, so no issues of safety while waiting for the Uber.

[Anonymous]

Is your house really far out of the way for the friend's parent?
Maybe the friend's parent would be willing to drive your kid home in exchange for money, or rides at a different time.

I'm not a single parent, but my husband was active duty military and often deployed, so I would be the only parent available for months straight. When I ran into these situations my younger kids just had to go to bed a little later.
There's no way I'd have my 13 year old riding with a random stranger super late at night.

[Anonymous]

Why can’t the friend’s parent take them home? Or just pick them up. How old are your other kids is you have a 13 yr old and how late can they possibly be staying out?

[Anonymous]

Sorry, you need to delay bed time and pick the kid up. Husband travels a lot and often gone and I have to keep the younger kids up to pick up the oldest after late sport practices. They are bathed and in their pajamas and ready to go to bed as soon as we get back. For a one off this is a no brainer.

[Anonymous]

I wasn’t aware that it existed, but yes, if 13 year olds are allowed to use it per policy and the kid is comfortable with it then I don’t see why not as long as they will be supervised until they’re in the car. Nothing bad is going to happen once they’re in the car.

[Anonymous]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your house really far out of the way for the friend's parent?
Maybe the friend's parent would be willing to drive your kid home in exchange for money, or rides at a different time.

I'm not a single parent, but my husband was active duty military and often deployed, so I would be the only parent available for months straight. When I ran into these situations my younger kids just had to go to bed a little later.
There's no way I'd have my 13 year old riding with a random stranger super late at night.

Unfortunately we each live about half an hour in opposite directions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t the friend’s parent take them home? Or just pick them up. How old are your other kids is you have a 13 yr old and how late can they possibly be staying out?

My youngest is 2, and it’s a sport practice that ends at 10.

[Anonymous]

I don’t let them use Uber but I do use Alto. I am more comfortable w/ the alerts I receive, background checks and standardized (safe) cars across the fleet. We use it a lot and have never had a bad experience

[Anonymous]

I'd just put my sleeping kid in the car to pick up the older kid.

[Anonymous]

Yes all the time.

[Anonymous]

Just double checking on "until they were in the car." Would it be just one kid alone? And on a regular basis?

I didn't know it existed but I'd consider it occasionally. For a regular thing would prefer them being with another kid. Could you reach out to the teacher about potential carpools? If you're planning to pay, perhaps you could send out a note offering to pay another parent.

[Anonymous]

No, except an emergency. I don’t believe it’s allowed. Ask other families to carpool with you doing drop off and them doing pick up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t let them use Uber but I do use Alto. I am more comfortable w/ the alerts I receive, background checks and standardized (safe) cars across the fleet. We use it a lot and have never had a bad experience

I don’t know what Alto is. Is it like Uber?

[Anonymous]

Yes I would but I’d try to find a teammate who lives near me to arrange a carpool