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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you will not let her drive, you need to drive them.  Simple.[/quote]

Or provide Uber or metro cards.  Something.[/quote]

Providing Uber or metro cards will not make an AP suddenly proactive about going out.

OP - do not let this discussion pressure you into letting your AP drive. If she's not a great driver, you shouldn't be letting her drive at all. Period. Even letting her drive in her free time, the liability for her accident will come back to you, the host family that carries the insurance and is out a totaled car. Sure, your kids weren't in the car with her at the time, but the overall hassle of dealing with a poor driver's likely inevitable accident will still be a burden on you.

Also, I fully agree with you that baby classes aren't necessary. It is literally more time packing the diaper bag, getting the baby dressed to go out, buckling into the car seat, etc. than to spend 30 minutes at the library for story time. My kids, when babies, screamed 90% of the time in the car anyway (so definitely no weak drivers who would get distracted for us!) Also, a 6mo does NOT need a "play date" where 2 APs get together and don't pay attention to babies licking a germy floor at a Starbucks, then get sick for the next week. Plus AP does not need to be disrupting the 2 nap a day schedule then complaining that the baby was cranky all day.

Inexperienced APs think babies are "easy" but don't realize the main issue is boredom. This is the job.

You can try to steer the AP towards your needs and expectations. Your LCC can help. But if it doesn't work out, you're not obligated to stay with the program. So, you lose a little money and find a better solution. AP gets to rematch and find another family (maybe with older kids than a baby).

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