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[quote=Anonymous]My 11 year old walks to the bus from his school every day. One of his friends walks to a Starbucks near the bus stop and his babysitter collects him from there later. My son and his friend often walk the few blocks from school to Starbucks together - which I am fine with and they hang out a bit before my kid gets on the bus. the friend has Applepay on his phone and, according to my son, offers to buy my kid food and drink at Starbucks every day and pay for it.

I didn’t realize this was going on until I noticed him being less hungry post school - he used to be always up for a snack at 4pm but now is fine til dinner. I don’t really care that he eats at Starbucks but I feel sort of uncomfortable about my son getting this stuff for free and I don’t even know if the friend’s parents know this is going on.

I suggested to my son that he stop accepting the offer but he got pretty mad about it, said the friend offers and is allowed to spend whatever he wants via Applepay, (which I think is crazy at 11 yrs old but to each their own).. It’s pretty clear to me now that it’s been going on for awhile so this kid has clearly spent quite a bit of money on my son.

I don’t know the mom very well but does anyone think I should ask her if she is ok with all this? Or shd I ignore it? Something about it bothers me but my son clearly feels there is no reason not to just accept the generosity... and if the mom told me she was ok with it I guess I might be fine with it but we aren’t in a financial position to return the favor so feel a bit trapped.

Thoughts? Need an ethics consult...

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