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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the original poster.  My 14 old DD is not allowed to use Uber but her friends use it all the time.  She thinks I am being too strict and I told her in this case I am protecting my child from being placed in a situation she shouldn't be.  I will not go into further details about her friends and these Uber drives but only to say it's very concerning to me and my husband.  Maybe we are too conservative but being able to follow your child's Uber ride on GPS and texting during the trip does not keep them safe if the texting stops and the GPS shows your child going in a different direction than home or the driver is behaving inappropriately. I guess you can call the police.  There are plenty of cases of assault and even assault of a 13 year old girl but I am not sure why someone needs an incident like this to justify whether or not to let their young daughter or son ride with Uber alone.

https://pilotonline.com/news/local/crime/uber-driver-charged-with-raping-passenger-in-virginia-beach/article_1e5017ff-ce21-5ea6-b725-c38bd3c1c2bf.html

http://wtkr.com/2017/05/04/uber-driver-accused-of-assaulting-high-school-passenger-in-court/

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/09/florida-uber-driver-arrested-for-kidnapping-rape.html

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-uber-driver-sex-assault-teen-422121384.html

There are more incidents.

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So the point is that women shouldn't use uber, not that minors shouldn't use uber. Right? Because violence was committed against women of all ages.

Should I also not let my children go to church or school? I saw some news stories about teachers and clergy molesting children. Far more than the uber articles, in fact. [/quote]

Look you can make whatever point you want.  Sexual assault can and does happen to boys but doesn't get reported as often.  I don't care to make any point except that my 14 year old daughter will not be riding in an Uber.  My oldest daughter who is 20 doesn't like riding alone in Ubers and that is her own opinion based on some of the drivers that made her feel uncomfortable.  As for church, no you shouldn't allow your child to be alone with a clergy and if you belong to a church that participates in the safe church program your child would not be permitted to be alone with any adult at church male or female.  I use to teach Sunday school but before I did I had to participate in a Safe Church program and as a teacher I had to have another person in the room with me when with a child.  This was the result of a a few teen girls being molested by a member of the church who ran the summer drama camp.  What you should understand most of these crimes are crimes of opportunity and although they are not the norm, they do happen. [/quote]

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