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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, if you choose not to let him do this, please do not explain that metro is too unsafe or that he is not old enough- you don't want him to feel it is an inherently unsafe activity.

I'm the pp you quoted. Yeah.... Terrible things happen. I don't mean to make light of any tragedy. [/quote]

OP here,

DC's been riding the metro and metrobus for about a year and a half to various red line destinations, and I'm confident that I'll let DC ride there, it's just home that I'm unsure about, so I definitely won't be communicating that metro in general is unsafe.

The "new" dimensions are riding after dark, and changing trains.  [/quote]Pp with the daughter who rode after dark here.  I can see your worry about your son riding at night.  You can always role play with him what he would do if he ran into trouble.  But I'm surprised about worrying about him changing trains.  That seems pretty straightforward.  Maybe you could do it with him once and walk him through it.

I will say that I would have been a little more concerned about my kid changing at Gallery Place, because that's a place that teens hang out and on occasion there's been trouble there.  My kid changed trains at metro center which is not a hangout for kids at all.  So, to be absolutely sure you could have your son take the blue line (assuming it's a station on blue and yellow lines) and change at metro center.  But that might be a longer ride, so that seems like a lot of trouble.  Well, ultimately, OP, you have to do what you feel comfortable with. You can always work your way into having him come home alone on metro later.  Good luck with your decision![/quote]

I'm not worried about the changing trains, just that he hasn't done it.  I know the red and green lines well, but don't ride yellow or blue much at all, because no where that we go regularly is on the lines.  In fact, until your post it didn't occur to me that King Street could be on both lines.

The after dark part is what worries me, but I'm not sure why.  I probably wouldn't think twice about him being on the metro at 7 in the summer because it's "light", but I'm not sure why that matters to me in an indoor setting.  [/quote]

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