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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has the 15-year-old been riding buses and metro by him/her self for some time, including making sense maps of schedules, changing trains and buses? My 12-year-old has been riding for two years, but always on routes I selected for her and practiced in advance. I wouldn't let her be in charge of a younger kid until she is comfortable not just with  the mechanics of riding and changing trains, but planning the trip as well. If the 15-year-old has done all that and, importantly, if the 15-year-old is comfortable and excited about doing all that with younger kids in tow, and your kids know the babysitter and can be counted on to follow his/her directions, then it could be a great experience for all of them. Unfortunately, there is also the very serious matter of the father who is in the habit of making unfounded CPS reports. Do you have a feeling he might do that in this case if you don't cave in?[/quote]

This.  My 14-year-old is now very comfortable with buses and metro, after 2 years of working up to doing it more frequently and learning new routes, and is familiar with using transit apps and reading the maps on the trains.  He's also proven to be reliable when taking care of younger children outside a few blocks from home, and has shown good judgment both on his own and when watching younger children, including when he has to change plans unexpectedly.  Knowing this, I would be comfortable with him taking younger children into DC, as long as the parents of the younger children were fine with it.

So it depends on this 15-year-old's experience with transit, with caring for younger children (keeping in mind that these kids are not very young), and with making good decisions.  If all of those are good, then yes, as a parent I would be fine with it.

But a separate question is whether it would be worth the difficulties of dealing with your ex on this matter, when he disagrees and doesn't seem to have a reasonable way of expressing his disagreement.[/quote]

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