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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know people will call me an idiot but Uber seems comparatively safe compared to other options.  My kids also take metro, bus, walk or bike places.  I think those are all probably more dangerous than Uber.  The Uber drivers know they are tracked so they will 100% get caught.  That’s a serious disincentive.  And unlike other people who know they are 100% identifiable (coaches, etc.), they don’t have the time to do the grooming in takes to silence a victim.

I do generally drive my kids places but there are sometimes I can’t and there is a cost to telling her “you can’t do this competition because I can’t drive you there.”

Sexual assault is awful awful awful.  I just don’t see Uber as any more dangerous than any of the many other things we let our teens do.  If she wasn’t doing this competition and taking an Uber, she might be out at a house party with friends which likely had a much higher risk of sexual assault, or hanging out with her friends near a coffee shop or park, again probably a higher risk.  So I trade off some risk in letting her take an Uber to something that I think is constructive etc. rather to get the benefits of that activity which probably minimizes some other risks (depression, drug use, etc.). And hope to God I’ve made the right call, just like with all these difficult parenting decisions.
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I agree with this completely. There are risks and tradeoffs to any choice. Statistically, Uber seems much safer to me than many other common teen activities.[/quote]

I feel safer in an Uber with record of the driver rather than a regular taxi I hail off the street.

That being said, I don’t want my teens in Ubers alone. [/quote]

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