AIBU to make DD pay for driving lessons (that are from me)?

[woonnoow]

Hi all,

My daughter is 17. She is just beginning to learn to drive. I'm giving her lessons - I have offered to get her 'proper' ones for Christmas, but she finds it better with me.

I take her everyday, so that's an hour of my time. I don't mind, but I work from home, so my time is obviously really important. AIBU to charge her £5 for an hour?

She seems to roll her eyes when I ask for it, saying that her friends' parents don't make them pay (that typical phrase! ) so AIBU?

Yes yabu, but you are joking aren't you?

Wow! Yes I think YABU! She has to pay to spend time with you?

I hope you're kidding.

No? Obviously I'm considering giving it back to her, when she passes her test.

It would be fair to charge her for petrol I guess. But not for your time...

Really?

You want her to pay?

Words fail.

YABU

Yabu, if you don't want to do it then pay a professional

Why would you take it from her in the first place? And there's no 'obviously' about it. That wasn't in your first post.

Yabu, surely that falls under parenting? Would you charge for helping with homework?

Because I'm not minted?

Really???

Yeah, thats a bit odd

Yes YABU. If you can spare the time then do it with good grace. If not, tell her you can't and she'll need to save for proper lessons.

Are you kidding? You're going to charge her because you're not minted but you're in a position to pay for proper lessons for her? That doesn't even make sense!

If you're not minted then why would you give it back to her after she's passed her test? It doesn't make sense.

And YABU.

If you can't afford the fuel and insurance then let her buy lessons.

Well, do an hour's work in the evening instead, to make up time. Helping your kids is part of parenting.

Proper lessons would be for Christmas...

You'd actually charge your daughter an hourly rate. Bloody hell that's charming. I've never heard of any parent charging their child when they took them out for driving lessons

It's actually illegal to charge for lessons when you're not qualified to teach.

Why not? I'm charging my 2yo for English lessons. He's racking up quite a bill.

I don't think any parents charge their children for driving lessons.

Helping a child learn to drive is just something parents do. You can't charge.

Parents sometimes charge their teenaged children for board and lodging, share of bills etc. They do not charge for their time, otherwise we'd all be handing over bills for a hundred grand when they left home.