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Originally Posted by Erebos
As a parent of 4 age 20 -10 here's some advice. Unless you hear it from the mouth of the parent, assume it's wrong.
Kids lie, they get mixed up, and they misunderstand. That's why mum has someone else pick them up.
If they were ready to be reliable she could trust them to get home under their own steam.
Aside from that I agree with Lee'jos post.
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As the saying goes....once bitten, twice shy. That's me now as far as situations like this are concerned. And no matter how responsible a kid is, a kid is still a kid. So no more trusting what they tell me. Funny thing is I try to go through this world not always wondering what if this, or what if that. I try not to be in a constant state of worry. Then situations like this happen and I walk away telling myself that I should worry and I should always doubt and why didn't I do this and why didn't I do that. Its a vicious cycle. And for anyone out there who was told growing up that it's not okay to make a mistake (like me), well hear this......it is okay to make a mistake. Because we are humans, not robots. And yes, I made a mistake. Even parents make mistakes and today I was one of them. I am now going to stop beating myself up over this. I am now going to stop telling myself that I'm a terrible person, because I'm not. I'm a human being who made a mistake.