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

[Anonymous]

Your daughter takes an uber and now some random creep knows her name and where she lives. Well played.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the teens I know use Uber but not alone.

It's a good skill and once my kids were a little older and faced with dealing with their driver drinking at a party they just get an Uber.

My son went to a concert and missed the last metro out of the city and took an Uber.

My 17 yo had an official visit to a college and he flew to the city and ubered to the interview/meeting.

I think you are really missing a chance to tech you child a skill.

Wow, don't parents drive their kids or let them use their cars? If you child missed the metro, you go get them. If your child has an college is it, you take them. The lack of parenting makes me wonder why people even have kids?

Teaching your kid to Uber is not a skill. You go on the app and request a car. Teaching your child to be responsible and call you and you get them is a better skill as its having a relationship they know they can count on you. Teaching your child public transportation is a skill (and there is an app for that too).

Nobody takes their kids on official visits with an overnight.

I went with him for the unofficial visit and we ubered and stayed in an airbnb.

It would have taken me an hour to get to the venue which means my child would have been standing on the street for 1 hour waiting for me instead of 5 minutes for an Uber.

You are going to fly to your kids college every time they go back rent a car and drive them to their dorm and then fly home. Wow! That is some parenting.!

All of a sudden we don't parent because our kids have a little independence.

The lady doth protest too much me thinks.

There is a big difference from a first visit and taking your child vs. a child returning home while in college. That i snot independence that is lazy parenting.

[Anonymous]

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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.

That's how I grew up too, and as far as I know, none of them were raped. There, now we have two anecdotes. Also, how would cell phones, Uber, and social media have prevented this?

+1 Now instead of riding their bikes or getting a ride from a parent they are ubering around to friends' houses, to the mall, etc. I don't know that this is safer...

No not instead of but in addition to walking, riding their bike, taking metro, taking a Ride On.

My kids ride their bikes/walk/bus/metro and uber... if it is pouring rain or if it is too far or the metro does not go there, they might uber. or if there is construction on the shoulder (this happened on the street between our house and the pool) they ubered once because I was visiting a sick family member.

I drive them 1000/1001 times. But every blue moon they uber.

Why do you picture kids raised like wolves ubering everywhere when we are talking about 10x a year tops.

Also, my 16 year old ubering was way less expensive than adding him to my car insurance.

At 16, kids need to learn to drive well and they don't get enough experience if they are Ubering instead of driving before leaving for college. Yes, it may be cheaper, but part of driving in gaining a life skill and getting the experience to drive safely.

I don't get the excitement of Uber. I've done it a few times when traveling as only my husband could drive the rental and kids and I wanted to go out. I found it strange being in someone else car and they weren't too thrilled to see kids, even well behaved ones. I'm surprised a driver would risk picking up a minor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the teens I know use Uber but not alone.

It's a good skill and once my kids were a little older and faced with dealing with their driver drinking at a party they just get an Uber.

My son went to a concert and missed the last metro out of the city and took an Uber.

My 17 yo had an official visit to a college and he flew to the city and ubered to the interview/meeting.

I think you are really missing a chance to tech you child a skill.

Wow, don't parents drive their kids or let them use their cars? If you child missed the metro, you go get them. If your child has an college is it, you take them. The lack of parenting makes me wonder why people even have kids?

Teaching your kid to Uber is not a skill. You go on the app and request a car. Teaching your child to be responsible and call you and you get them is a better skill as its having a relationship they know they can count on you. Teaching your child public transportation is a skill (and there is an app for that too).

Nobody takes their kids on official visits with an overnight.

I went with him for the unofficial visit and we ubered and stayed in an airbnb.

It would have taken me an hour to get to the venue which means my child would have been standing on the street for 1 hour waiting for me instead of 5 minutes for an Uber.

You are going to fly to your kids college every time they go back rent a car and drive them to their dorm and then fly home. Wow! That is some parenting.!

All of a sudden we don't parent because our kids have a little independence.

The lady doth protest too much me thinks.

There is a big difference from a first visit and taking your child vs. a child returning home while in college. That i snot independence that is lazy parenting.

You obviously don't know what an official visit is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

That's how I grew up too, and as far as I know, none of them were raped. There, now we have two anecdotes. Also, how would cell phones, Uber, and social media have prevented this?

+1 Now instead of riding their bikes or getting a ride from a parent they are ubering around to friends' houses, to the mall, etc. I don't know that this is safer...

No not instead of but in addition to walking, riding their bike, taking metro, taking a Ride On.

My kids ride their bikes/walk/bus/metro and uber... if it is pouring rain or if it is too far or the metro does not go there, they might uber. or if there is construction on the shoulder (this happened on the street between our house and the pool) they ubered once because I was visiting a sick family member.

I drive them 1000/1001 times. But every blue moon they uber.

Why do you picture kids raised like wolves ubering everywhere when we are talking about 10x a year tops.

Also, my 16 year old ubering was way less expensive than adding him to my car insurance.

At 16, kids need to learn to drive well and they don't get enough experience if they are Ubering instead of driving before leaving for college. Yes, it may be cheaper, but part of driving in gaining a life skill and getting the experience to drive safely.

I don't get the excitement of Uber. I've done it a few times when traveling as only my husband could drive the rental and kids and I wanted to go out. I found it strange being in someone else car and they weren't too thrilled to see kids, even well behaved ones. I'm surprised a driver would risk picking up a minor.

I agree. My H works for a company and they give driving tests before they drive company cars and NYers don't get hired all the time due to their driving.

I think people are missing the point... nobody is saying kids are ubering all the time. Many kids are ubering sometimes. I don't have enough cars for every single adult in my house to have a car every single night. Sometimes that means they stay home, sometimes they uber.

Nobody is excited about ubering. Just like nobody is excited about taking the metro or the bus..

But if my daughter is 15, she can't drive. If she is with a group of friend and they are ubering to get food, I might let her go, I might not... but it won't be because I don't allow ubering.

I will say that uber got my kids out of some drinking parties without having to call mom or make their driver leave.

[Anonymous]

eh, my 15 year old kid doesn't go to drinking parties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:eh, my 15 year old kid doesn't go to drinking parties.

My 15 doesn't either and when he realized it had turned into one, he got out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:eh, my 15 year old kid doesn't go to drinking parties.

My 15 doesn't either and when he realized it had turned into one, he got out.

He called Uber?

[Anonymous]

Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:eh, my 15 year old kid doesn't go to drinking parties.

My 15 doesn't either and when he realized it had turned into one, he got out.

He called Uber?

Mom or Dad refused to get him. No reason he cannot hang out and not drink.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

But that's precisely why they wouldn't call you. Most teens feel the choice is uber home or drive with drunk friend. Nobody wants to call their parents when they've been drinking no matter how understanding their parents say they will be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

Yup, me too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

But that's precisely why they wouldn't call you. Most teens feel the choice is uber home or drive with drunk friend. Nobody wants to call their parents when they've been drinking no matter how understanding their parents say they will be.

What do you base this statement on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

But that's precisely why they wouldn't call you. Most teens feel the choice is uber home or drive with drunk friend. Nobody wants to call their parents when they've been drinking no matter how understanding their parents say they will be.

I would have called my parents. They would have killed me if I didn't call them. They didn't care if I had a bit to drink in moderation. They let me try theirs. It was no big deal in our home. I will teach my kid they will get in far more trouble for NOT calling me.