Hi
I would be grateful for some advice here. My 13 year old stepdaughter from South Africa is coming to live with us in December. I don't have any children and my knowledge of what 13 year olds usually do is limited to my memory of me at that age. I do know that she is a very polite, nicely-brought-up, well-behaved and responsible girl.
My DH and I have been talking about practical rules for her etc, and the subject of money came up. This ended in an argument because I mentioned she might need enough pocket money to be able to buy bus or tube tickets etc. DH's opinion is she would not need money for that and there is no way will she ever be on a bus or tube alone without an adult until she is 18 and has finished her A-levels. I am not sure whether this is reasonable or not. It doesn't sound it to me, and that's what caused a disagreement. Of course I have seen other young people on the bus and tube without adults, but DH's comment is that well, their parents may not care but we do, and if she goes anywhere she will either go with us in the car or with us on public transport or not at all. He is worried both about safety and about her getting into bad behaviour (drinking, hanging out with boys etc).
What do other people think?
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Nicola63 · 12/11/2006 09:47
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