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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD 15 is a Sophomore and participates in a sport that has summer practices, fundraising activities, etc. Much of this takes place daily during July/August during my work hours (8a-5:30p) taking place at times like 8:30am, 10:30, 11am, 1pm, etc so DD has asked friends if she can ride to/from with them. The parents on the team are not as open as you’d imagine which has been common as we entered the high school years; more hands off - there isn’t mingling or talking to other parents and are very much a “hi/bye” type of crowd. No one seems to know each other or want to know each other on the adult side. I’d love to get to know the parents better but it seems that the group overall isn’t that interested in mingling.The coaches schedule around their own work hours as well. I am not sure if I should encourage this type of asking others for rides or getting a ride there without a solid ride home determined which has happened a few times this week. Albeit she does have the uber app downloaded when we realized all the activities for the sport are during work hours. Is this what independence is? What it means to be resourceful? [/quote] JFC, you people are awful. I would give her a ride and absolutely refuse gas money and not think twice about it, amd so would my teens.[/quote] Depends on how far out of my way it takes me. If it’s an extra 5 mins, who cares. If it’s an extra 20 mins, I’m not doing it every day.[/quote] +1 High schools, in particular, often pull from a large geographic area. It could easily be 30min out of my way (round trip) if a kid lives in the opposite direction. Fine if it is a one-off type of situation but every day? That would be asking a lot. Often I am needing to pick another of my kids up somewhere or have a meeting and can’t swing that. Other kids it is no problem at all- if it is right on my way home or only takes 5 minutes then I’d be fine to do it regularly, no reciprocation even needed. No big deal. Fortunately by the time high school rolls around, the kids mostly know which friends live in what area (or in the case of a new friend or teammate, can talk and figure out if someone lives close). [/quote]
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