I just love that there are 5 pages of replies to a question about who rides shotgun.

Anonymous wrote:
Whoever rides in back gets the iPad.

Re-set the dynamic. For us, it's been win-win.

You’re a genius.

Anonymous wrote:Whoever yells 'shotgun' first gets it. Some shoving and sprinting to the car ensues. Parents stay uninvolved other than occasional threats that everyone will have to sit in the back. Isn't this how it's done in all families?

Duh. Everyone knows this.

Anonymous wrote:Never. I like my peace in the front.

Hahaha, same. Plus, my kids enjoy each others’ company (they’re also 3 years apart) and would talk/conspire in the backseat. Now that the oldest can drive, they like sitting in the front together and I sit in the back in peace.

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Anonymous wrote:My issue is that my kids will run out to the car and "save" their seat with a book or a jacket. Then when kid #2 goes out, throws that stuff on the ground and sits there, kid #1 is outraged. He called it! he saved it!

Sometimes I just want to drive away leaving them fighting on the driveway.

Yeah. You can’t save seat like that. Tough sh@t. Need to be physically there. Thems the rules

As a mother, I would tell “seat saver” that^^

I’ve told my kids if they got up from couch they lose their spot. Rules from my childhood

Anonymous wrote:My issue is that my kids will run out to the car and "save" their seat with a book or a jacket. Then when kid #2 goes out, throws that stuff on the ground and sits there, kid #1 is outraged. He called it! he saved it!

Sometimes I just want to drive away leaving them fighting on the driveway.

Yeah. You can’t save seat like that. Tough sh@t. Need to be physically there. Thems the rules

My issue is that my kids will run out to the car and "save" their seat with a book or a jacket. Then when kid #2 goes out, throws that stuff on the ground and sits there, kid #1 is outraged. He called it! he saved it!

Sometimes I just want to drive away leaving them fighting on the driveway.

Who ever rides shotgun has to talk to the driver and cannot text or play on their phone.

Anonymous wrote:Just like in my childhood...whoever calls it and gets there first !!

Oh and same goes with the right corner of the couch by the end table before we put on a movie or series. Time repeats itself.

I prefer to watch it play out.

Just like in my childhood...whoever calls it and gets there first !!

The with better aim. Isn’t that the point?

Twins and they take turns. sometimes the prefer to be in the back seat (well, middle row of the minivan) and recline their seats. Thankfully, once the novelty wore off, no one cares.

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Anonymous wrote:16 year old rides in the front. 13 year old rides in the back. Seriously, the kid is in high school, and probably having sex, let his ass ride shot gun.

Says the entitled oldest child.

They should take turns.

I’m a new poster. I’m also the youngest in my own immediate family. We have the oldest ride in the front seat but that’s because my younger one (13) does seem to care that much.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whoever yells 'shotgun' first gets it. Some shoving and sprinting to the car ensues. Parents stay uninvolved other than occasional threats that everyone will have to sit in the back. Isn't this how it's done in all families?

+1

+1. This is my house.

Exactly. And you can’t call it until you are out the door. Natural consequences for not being ready to go when I say to be ready. Then whoever rides in the back gets shotgun the next trip - usually the ride home.

This idea that the older gets priority over the younger is messed up. Why are one child’s wants more important than the other’s? Does the older child get seconds while the younger one watches or do they split?

Oldest has first rights to shotgun. Most of the time she wants it, but sometimes she doesn't.