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I took my first solo public transit bus trip when I was 12, but that was in the 1970s and it was a different world then. Your husband is just being protective, that is his daughter after all going on her first solo public transit trip. If she has a cell phone it would be easier to keep track of her progress and maybe that will reassure him. In the old days, I don't know how our parents let us out of their sight if they couldn't keep track of us, but now it is easier to do just that. Sometimes it is just a leap of faith to let your child go out into the world and hope everything will be okay.
My husband and I are at loggerheads on this issue. The daughter in question is almost 16, and the trip would be on a NYC bus, 20 minutes total with one transfer, during daylight hours (anywhere between 3-6pm) in a reasonably safe neighborhood. She wouldn't have to cross any streets. I am fine with it, he is not.
I was taking public transportation alone (not NYC) at age 15 and NYC public transportation at age 17. He was taking NYC public transportation alone from age 12 or 13. But I guess these days parents are more protective??
thanks for your input.
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I remember taking the subway from ridge wood to manhattan wen i was about 10 and got into a fight with some teenage kid for touching my bookbag..sigh but i used to be kind of the kid to pop off at little stuff .. But as far your daughter she should be ok i feel buses are safer then the subway for girls
Got my first school subway pass in the 5th grade. Back then it was a piece of paper with some sort of hologram on it.
My pass didn't have a hologram! That means I'm showing my age!
By the way, my junior high school commencement was at Grover Cleveland. I knew folk who went to Cleveland. I don't recall seeing "holograms" on their passes, either! (LOL!)
Makes sense. She's in the same car as the driver. Sit near the front.
While waiting on street, if she must ask a question, teach her to quietly go ask another woman, preferably middle aged or senior. They'll watch out for her without it being obvious.
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