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would you let your child go on a long drive with someone else driving?

imamumto3 View Member Profile	12/12/2012, 01:10 PM Post #1
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ds has been invited to a birthday party which is being held at a fun park about 3 hours drive away. i know the mother well but have never met the father. the mother had said that they will drive ds to the party. the problem is the father will be driving. I know he has been caught for speeding several times and now drives a sports car. I told dh that I don't feel comfortable with ds driving with the father and would rather drive him ourselves, especially because it is such a long way. dh thinks I'm crazy and should just let them drive him. WDYT, I'm I being over protective?

R2B2 View Member Profile	12/12/2012, 01:13 PM Post #2
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If you don't feel comfortable with the situation, don't send your DS. if I felt unsure, i'd politely decline and take him myself, or offer to take their child along instead This post has been edited by R2B2: 12/12/2012, 01:13 PM

ThatsNotMyName View Member Profile	12/12/2012, 01:14 PM Post #3
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I would be very uneasy about that. It may be perfectly fine but without knowing the individual I wouldn't be able to be comfortable about it & would find a way to take him myself.

seayork2002 View Member Profile	12/12/2012, 01:15 PM Post #4
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Whats is the difference between a long and short drive? the child is still in a car in a car seat

Bel Rowley View Member Profile	12/12/2012, 01:17 PM Post #5
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I can think of all sorts of people I would trust to drive my kids, but if you don't trust this guy, that's enough reason to say no.

bearmum View Member Profile	12/12/2012, 01:20 PM Post #6
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I have a very VERY limited group of people I would allow to drive my children. It is nice of that family to offer your child a lift but I would politely decline somehow and drive him myself. There is zero chance I would let my son go in someone else's car in that circumstance. But my DH and his family think me and my family are uptight

Sassy Girl View Member Profile	12/12/2012, 01:21 PM Post #7
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The only person I will allow to take my children anything further than a short distance is my sister. If you don't feel comfortable or trust the other father's driving ability don't send your child with him.

zingy View Member Profile	12/12/2012, 01:26 PM Post #8
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I wouldn't be OK with this. Always listen to your gut.

Old Grey Mare View Member Profile	12/12/2012, 01:30 PM Post #9
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The deciding factor for me would be to trust your instincts. If you do not feel comfortable then, as others have said,politely decline and drive him yourself.

jill1972 View Member Profile	12/12/2012, 01:42 PM Post #10
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No I'd be freaking out all day till he got safely home. Some people are quite ok about this sort of stuff, but I'm not one of them. _____________

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