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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you calmly say I would have tried to give you a ride but [b]I need at least a week's notice.[/b] If you tell me as soon as you need to know the ride I can try to work with you. Otherwise, I am busy. Your time is valuable too, and they need boundaries just like everyone else.[/quote]

You need a week's notice to drive your kid somewhere?  [/quote]

Maybe you can't relate to OP or the rest of us, because you have any work or other commitments. If my kid needs a ride somewhere that isn't on the routine schedule, then most of the time I might be able to do it, but some times I might not because I have to be somewhere else and can't drop everything at a moment's notice. And yes, it can take several days notice to find someone else to either drive the teen or see if the other obligation can be moved to another day. A 14 year old is old enough to start using a calendar and learning that the world doesn't revolve around them. They need nagging and reminding to be organized and put things on the schedule at first, but it's better to start now than when they are 18. [/quote]

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