How much to pay a high schooler to drive my kid?

[Anonymous]

Last year, we used a cab to bring our kids home from activities. The drive was 4 miles. We paid $11-$12 one way.

To the PP who suggested Uber, it's against their terms of service. Riders need to be older than 18.

The Service is not available for use by persons under the age of 18. You may not authorize third parties to use your Account, and you may not allow persons under the age of 18 to receive transportation or logistics services from Third Party Providers unless they are accompanied by you.

(https://www.uber.com/legal/terms/us/)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am so impressed with all of you who can sit in judgment of people who would HIRE someone to drive their kid to a practice. You must have some really great lives that you have the ability to come and go from work as you please in the late afternoons.

Or the kid could pick a different activity.

[Anonymous]

OP, where are you located? My high schooler is a very safe, responsible driver.

[Anonymous]

Is there a senior on the team? I would try to find someone who is going the same way and offer gas money.

[Anonymous]

My 17 year old drives his 14 year old brother around. He is very responsible.

[Anonymous]

I pay $20/hr for driving/sitting with a minimum of 1 hr pay even if it’s just a drop off situation that takes 15 minutes. This is for an older driver.

[Anonymous]

I did exactly this when I was a senior in high school. For an 8 year old (go ahead, freak out every one.).

It was only twice a week instead of three and I was paid $100 a month. And this was 20 years ago.

[Anonymous]

My ex pays our 16 year old son $20 per trip to drop off or pick up his stepson from camp. It’s about 7 miles each way (but when my son is with me he has to drive to his dad’s five miles away to get the kid).

[Anonymous]

You should hire this person enough money that blowing you off would suck for them, because reliability matters a lot in this situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should hire this person enough money that blowing you off would suck for them, because reliability matters a lot in this situation.

Agree with this. We needed someone to pick our child up from school and drive to sport, wait, then bring home. While they were waiting they did whatever they wanted. It was 2-2.5 hours worth of time, but I guaranteed them $60 per pick up. This was for a college student and worked well, but I think if I had paid less the college student might not have been as reliable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would not pay a high schooler to drive my kid.

Learn to read. That wasn't the question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not pay a high schooler to drive my kid.

Learn to read. That wasn't the question.

My bad!

The correct answer is zero dollars.

[Anonymous]

Did none of you have high school sitters in the summer as kids?

Who drives your kids to the pool in the summer? The golf course? Where ever?

Do they just stay cooped up inside all day?

[Anonymous]

Where I live, it is illegal for drivers under 18 to have unrelated passengers in the car. Is that not the case here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where I live, it is illegal for drivers under 18 to have unrelated passengers in the car. Is that not the case here?

Only illegal for the first 151 days. Then the driver is granted a full (not provisional) license so they're good to go.