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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the teens I know use Uber but not alone.

It's a good skill and once my kids were a little older and faced with dealing with their driver drinking at a party they just get an Uber.

My son went to a concert and missed the last metro out of the city and took an Uber.

My 17 yo had an official visit to a college and he flew to the city and ubered to the interview/meeting.

I think you are really missing a chance to tech you child a skill. [/quote]

Wow, don't parents drive their kids or let them use their cars?  If you child missed the metro, you go get them.  If your child has an college is it, you take them.  The lack of parenting makes me wonder why people even have kids?

Teaching your kid to Uber is not a skill.  You go on the app and request a car.  Teaching your child to be responsible and call you and you get them is a better skill as its having a relationship they know they can count on you.  Teaching your child public transportation is a skill (and there is an app for that too).[/quote]

Nobody takes their kids on official visits with an overnight.

I went with him for the unofficial visit and we ubered and stayed in an airbnb.

It would have taken me an hour to get to the venue which means my child would have been standing on the street for 1 hour waiting for me instead of 5 minutes for an Uber.

You are going to fly to your kids college every time they go back rent a car and drive them to their dorm and then fly home. Wow! That is some parenting.!

All of a sudden we don't parent because our kids have a little independence.

The lady doth protest too much me thinks.[/quote]

O.k.  How long exactly does it take a reasonably intelligent teenager to learn the skill of Ubering?  How many times do they need to use that app before they are efficient with it?  How hard is it to figure out how to use the app?

I'm going to guess that after one time of using the app, ordering the Uber and riding the Uber the kid knows how to use Uber, right?  [/quote]

it's not "how to use the app" it's about how to uber safely. Just like using a bus, or the metro, or walking in the city, driving in the city, driving on the beltway. It's something kids need to learn.

I don't know, when I was at the airport it was very different figuring out my driver and where he was than when they pick me up at my house.

When I was at a 5 way intersection I realized, hey 5 way intersection, not the best idea go down to a safe place for pickup.

When I did uber carpool i saved money but not enough for the extra time.

When I ubered to an area with no reception I realized ubering to a vineyard, not a great idea.

It's not about using the app.

Listen, if you don't want your kids to uber, don't let them uber. But many kids do uber and they just might uber behind your back and not have the benefit of a parent's guidance on safety issues.

Also, many kids end up at drinking parties and it is easier to uber out than to get your driver to leave. It's easier to uber out of a bad situation than to call mom and dad especially when you are 18+ or at college.  [/quote]

I think that some of the things that aren't too obvious to a young teen (like the 5 way intersection and where/where not to wait for a ride. Where/where not to uber) will become very obvious to a kid once they have been driving themselves around for a while.

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