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[quote=Anonymous]My 15 year old son got an Uber account when he started high school. He's at TJ and we live a 1/2 an hour away, or more, during rush hour, and we don't work near the school. It's for emergency use only, but I don't want him to have something unplanned come up, have to stay after school, miss the bus, have school let out early for some reason, have an emergency and be unable to do the pickup myself, have a carpool fall through or whatever else, and have him end up stranded.  Of course, he would use it in the afternoon or early evening.  And he does not use it for rides home from after school sports when there is no busing, or for rides to and from social events, despite the hassle of driving him across the county and setting up carpools.

Also, DS is six feet tall, and looks like he could be 17 or 18.  I don't love it, but it's better than having no backup plan.  Fortunately, in the year he has had the account, he has never had to use it.  None of his TJ friends use Uber regularly, despite the TJ transportation hassles.  I don't think his base school friends even have accounts.

DD is 13 and very petite.  There is no way she would get an Uber account in MS. Once she starts HS, she will probably need to get an account if she is at TJ, for the same reasons as her brother. But it would make me very, very uncomfortable, and I would move heaven and Earth not to have her use it, or make her brother drop what he was doing and ride with her if possible.  If she goes to her base school, I see no need for an Uber account at all-- at least for her first couple of years.  After that, it probably will depend on if she has a car.   I know it's sexist, but a petite teen girl taking Uber alone makes me much more nervous than a large teen boy.

Then again, neither of my kids would be going to concerts alone at 14.  DS has started going to Wolftrap, Kennedy Center type events with a group of friends.  But a parent of a group member always goes with them and sits separately.  DD either goes with a friend and her parents, or 2-3 parents decide to take the girls. [/quote]

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