My 15 y.o. teen claims EVERYONE UBERs in her school

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Anonymous wrote:If she's using her friends' apps to go places w/o your permission that is bad. Since these apps aren't under your control you have no idea where she's going, what she's doing, who she's with. Her friends decide that.

She's 15. No way.

Just activate find friends and track her phone.

We do this so we know if our kids are driving and we don't text or call when they are driving.

Maybe she left her phone at the activity so that Op wouldn't be able to bust her.

You find the PHONE with that find friends thing - not necessarily your kid.

If you kid is lying to you that is your problem not Uber.

The friends are the one calling Uber, right? Not my kid.

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Anonymous wrote:O.k. that logo is probably readily available. If your kids are doing this please talk to them about verifying ID before they get in the car.

They would be just so easy for a creeper to target.

Yes. Your children need to learn to be responsible Uber users just like every other skill you teach them, you need to teach them how to Uber.

Why? My kids drive.

As a parent, I recognize the concerns with Uber, but a teenage driver isn't a safer solution.

Kids need to learn to drive and they need to learn how to Uber.

It's the obnoxious insistence that everyone at school Ubers all the time. No they don't. Maybe they do in an emergency (car broke down, need to get to school) or they might uber to/from a concert every now and then. But calling uber to go to a friend's house, the mall, Starbuck's....that's just silly to me.

I didn't say they Uber all the time. But they do Uber. oP's daughter is already ubering.

Yes teens Uber.

Call me a control freak. But if my 15 year old wants to go somewhere, he needs MY express permission - not his friend's - MINE.

Yes my kids always tell me where they are going. Mostly they walk. Rarely they Uber. But it does happen.

This is weird that you think kids don't tell their parents where they are going.

If a kid is Ubering around town using her friends' apps, she is likely informing her mom "Hey, I'm eating Pizza over at the mall".

That's what my kids do.

Hey mom can I take the metro to tenley?
Hey mom can I Uber with Larla to Xxxx?
Hey mom Larla's mom is driving us to the mall.

Yes. Kids need to communicate.

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Anonymous wrote:If she's using her friends' apps to go places w/o your permission that is bad. Since these apps aren't under your control you have no idea where she's going, what she's doing, who she's with. Her friends decide that.

She's 15. No way.

Just activate find friends and track her phone.

We do this so we know if our kids are driving and we don't text or call when they are driving.

Maybe she left her phone at the activity so that Op wouldn't be able to bust her.

You find the PHONE with that find friends thing - not necessarily your kid.

If you kid is lying to you that is your problem not Uber.

The friends are the one calling Uber, right? Not my kid.

If 4 kids are ubering only 1 orders is. Polite friends take turns.

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Anonymous wrote:If she's using her friends' apps to go places w/o your permission that is bad. Since these apps aren't under your control you have no idea where she's going, what she's doing, who she's with. Her friends decide that.

She's 15. No way.

Just activate find friends and track her phone.

We do this so we know if our kids are driving and we don't text or call when they are driving.

Maybe she left her phone at the activity so that Op wouldn't be able to bust her.

You find the PHONE with that find friends thing - not necessarily your kid.

If you kid is lying to you that is your problem not Uber.

The friends are the one calling Uber, right? Not my kid.

If 4 kids are ubering only 1 orders is. Polite friends take turns.

O.k. so now Op is supposed to order this app and agree to take turns being the Uber host? Maybe Op thinks it's fine for her kid to spend the 15 minute break at the activity and doesn't want to pay Uber to take a group of kids across the street for ice cream..

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Anonymous wrote:If she's using her friends' apps to go places w/o your permission that is bad. Since these apps aren't under your control you have no idea where she's going, what she's doing, who she's with. Her friends decide that.

She's 15. No way.

Just activate find friends and track her phone.

We do this so we know if our kids are driving and we don't text or call when they are driving.

Maybe she left her phone at the activity so that Op wouldn't be able to bust her.

You find the PHONE with that find friends thing - not necessarily your kid.

If you kid is lying to you that is your problem not Uber.

The friends are the one calling Uber, right? Not my kid.

If 4 kids are ubering only 1 orders is. Polite friends take turns.

O.k. so now Op is supposed to order this app and agree to take turns being the Uber host? Maybe Op thinks it's fine for her kid to spend the 15 minute break at the activity and doesn't want to pay Uber to take a group of kids across the street for ice cream..

The app is free.

The option is to stay alone while her friend Uber somewhere. That is fine but the friends are still going to Uber.

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Anonymous wrote:If she's using her friends' apps to go places w/o your permission that is bad. Since these apps aren't under your control you have no idea where she's going, what she's doing, who she's with. Her friends decide that.

She's 15. No way.

Just activate find friends and track her phone.

We do this so we know if our kids are driving and we don't text or call when they are driving.

Maybe she left her phone at the activity so that Op wouldn't be able to bust her.

You find the PHONE with that find friends thing - not necessarily your kid.

If you kid is lying to you that is your problem not Uber.

The friends are the one calling Uber, right? Not my kid.

If 4 kids are ubering only 1 orders is. Polite friends take turns.

O.k. so now Op is supposed to order this app and agree to take turns being the Uber host? Maybe Op thinks it's fine for her kid to spend the 15 minute break at the activity and doesn't want to pay Uber to take a group of kids across the street for ice cream..

The app is free.

The option is to stay alone while her friend Uber somewhere. That is fine but the friends are still going to Uber.

Doesn't the Uber driver get paid? If so, who pays him/her?

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If the app is free why is it necessary for all the parents to provide this app?

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We use uber a lot as a family and i allow my teens to use it too

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Anonymous wrote:If the app is free why is it necessary for all the parents to provide this app?

They take turns paying for the ride.Uber needs a credit card on file.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks everyone for the input. I see that there are some parents that don't allow their kids to uber but most do. If you are a parent who does not allow a kid to uber stand up and let us hear your voice!

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Thank god I grew up in the 80's. My wonderful parents would tell us to be in by dark. No cell phones, no Uber, no social media.

Teenagers have it rough these days.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank god I grew up in the 80's. My wonderful parents would tell us to be in by dark. No cell phones, no Uber, no social media.

Teenagers have it rough these days.

Op here. This is how I grew up. Most of my friends were raped in the age 15-17.

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Anonymous wrote:If the app is free why is it necessary for all the parents to provide this app?

They take turns paying for the ride.Uber needs a credit card on file.

O.k. so the app may be free but the actual Uber ride is not free. Makes sense. Thus the desire to split the cost.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank god I grew up in the 80's. My wonderful parents would tell us to be in by dark. No cell phones, no Uber, no social media.

Teenagers have it rough these days.

Op here. This is how I grew up. Most of my friends were raped in the age 15-17.

OP here again. None of them reported.

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Anonymous wrote:I recently saw a news story where an uber driver raped a woman. Scary.

How does your daughter know for sure that the car she's getting into is an Uber car? Do they have signs or anything indicating what they are?

I'm afraid that if some creep sees a couple of young girls standing on a corner waiting for a ride.....(shudder)

They have a sign (although that's not hard to fake).

Uber also sends them and you, if you're account, a photo of the driver, picture of his/her car, and a license plate number. So, it's pretty easy to be sure you have the right car. Uber will also know the name of the person whose account it is, so they can ask.

What happens if the Uber driver pulls up in a different car and tells the girls that the other driver was in an accident so he was sent to pick them up instead?

What happens if the Uber driver pulls up in the Batmobile and says he's Batman? Jesus people get a grip.