At what age would you feel comfortable with your child riding an Uber?

[Anonymous]

Maybe something has to give, but I would not be comfortable with this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have 3 kids and increasingly more difficult to drive kids. DH has a busy schedule and I can’t be at 3 places at once. We already have a nanny and I am still struggling. I have an 11 year old DS. My friends in nyc let their kids ride buses and subways. Is it ok to get him an Uber once in a while?

None of us can.

[Anonymous]

Uber and Lyft both require the person using them (as in riding alone) to be at least 18. That is in their Terms of Service.

When we talk about entitled kids, it really does come back to parents who feel entitled to send their kids in something like Uber or Lyft even though the COMPANY DOES NOT ALLOW IT.

It is also really sad that it is the kids who are put at risk.

Make a schedule for your kids that you can manage, OP, with your nanny. If you can't get your kid there via nanny, you or carpool, then your kid doesn't go.

My youngest is 14, is taller than I am, and I'm still not sending him in an uber or lyft on his own. There is NOTHING that important.

I can't believe these irresponsible parents who do it. If all the other parents were giving their kids vaping pens or cigarettes, or marijuana, would you do it to? What about jumping off a bridge?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uber just did a huge study about all of the sexual assaults and other issues in Uber’s. It was sobering.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/12/05/uber-safety-report-nearly-6-000-sexual-assaults-2017-and-2018/2624893001/


Find some friends/carpools, OP! We carpool for everything!

Is that really sobering? It's 6,000 out of 3 billion. That's .0002%

I'd say that's acceptable risk.

Uber doesn't want your kid riding alone with them.

[Anonymous]

After reading the findings of their report? Maybe 16.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uber and Lyft both require the person using them (as in riding alone) to be at least 18. That is in their Terms of Service.

When we talk about entitled kids, it really does come back to parents who feel entitled to send their kids in something like Uber or Lyft even though the COMPANY DOES NOT ALLOW IT.

It is also really sad that it is the kids who are put at risk.

Make a schedule for your kids that you can manage, OP, with your nanny. If you can't get your kid there via nanny, you or carpool, then your kid doesn't go.

My youngest is 14, is taller than I am, and I'm still not sending him in an uber or lyft on his own. There is NOTHING that important.

I can't believe these irresponsible parents who do it. If all the other parents were giving their kids vaping pens or cigarettes, or marijuana, would you do it to? What about jumping off a bridge?

This. The first time a parent sues an Uber for a driver sexually assaulting their 15 year old will be when they have to start checking IDs, much like alcohol sales.

18 is the age for a reason OP.

[Anonymous]

No way would I let an 11 year old.

The first time my kids took uber without me/dh was when they were 17 and 15 (two brothers togther.) I was even not sure that was ok because you're supposed to be at least 18 (Ubers rules.)

[Anonymous]

Any Uber or Lyft worth a damn would not allow your minor child in their car. It's definitely a violation of the their terms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any Uber or Lyft worth a damn would not allow your minor child in their car. It's definitely a violation of the their terms.

We all know it is and yet they are lined up outside of HSs and clearly picking up lots of teens. I do not allow my kids to do it but many parents do. I would put them on a public bus or subway first. I do not think the tracking really helps anything. Yes you would know where the child was but not be able to stop anything terrible from happening to them in time.

[Anonymous]

Not comfortable. Never with Uber, might choose a taxi service or Lyft for teens. I usually drive them every where. I am a SAHM and so it works out for us.

[Anonymous]

Wow. My kids grumble (quietly) when they have to carpool with a neighbor. I really cannot imagine having a plan where my 11 yr old gets an Uber.

[Anonymous]

Think.


The driver who allows a young child into their car, despite clear rules against it, does NOT have your child’s best interest at heart...


Darwinism and all that, but come on. Your stupidity is putting an innocent child at risk.

[Anonymous]

But your oldest kid is 11!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. My kids grumble (quietly) when they have to carpool with a neighbor. I really cannot imagine having a plan where my 11 yr old gets an Uber.

Nope nope nope

[Anonymous]

Aren't you supposed to be 18 to ride in an Uber or Lyft?