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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Car needs to remain at your house at night.  Its not her car, its for her use with boundaries.  If she wants to be grown, give her a list of duties and stick by them and tell her car is work work only or by permission.[/quote]

+1.  My ap had a fit this weekend when we told her that she can not drive in the ice.  She has never driven in ice.  Our rule is that she can't drive in ice.  I don't know why she thought it was okay. [/quote] when your child is the age of your AU pair will you say the same thing? Or will you go out and have them practice with you so they know what they’re doing? [/quote]

OMG. Yes, I will expect my children to not be reckless idiots who drive in an ice storm. There is no good reason to take that risk. I don't care if this is supposed to be the most special, superfun year of AP's life. Just no.[/quote]

I don't drive in the ice.  I pay for the car.  I pay for the insurance.  I don't want a deadbody on my watch.  So yeah, no ice driving for the au pair.  If they want free reign, they can pay for their own transportation, lodging, food, etc and arrange for the trip of their dreams.[/quote]

+1. What? I would not go driving on ice for fun and therefore I would not take my kids driving on ice for them to practice. I would pay for my kids to take an emergency driving conditions class, which includes information on driving on black ice (unexpectedly or in an emergency only). If I need AP to drive on ice ever, I would pay for her to take a similar class. But no, I would absolutely not "teach" my AP to drive on ice so that she could go visit her boyfriend or go to the mall. WTF. I would also not do that and I would also not let my kids do that. DC is not somewhere where you "have" to drive on ice basically ever unless it is somehow completely unexpected or a true emergency (and, even then, there are very few circumstances in which I'd think driving my car myself was the safest option).[/quote]

Except with AWD and special tires and more, you cannot safely drive on ice.  Its a non-issue.  Black ice is really dangerous.[/quote]

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