Would you let your kid get a lift from a parent you don't know?

[Karlwho]

Kiddo (6) has been invited on a trip, and we have no way of getting him there. He was fine with not going, but the club insisted he goes and that they can get him here if we were to change our minds. I assumed it would be one of the organisers who would offer the lift, and I'd be fine with it as I know them and speak to them a lot. However, the offer of a lift is from a parent who I've never spoken to, can't put a face to their name, and my kid doesn't even know who their child is.
I've declined the offer, but now I'm wondering if I'm being a bit of a (s)mother.
What would you guys do?

Hmm I’d be ok with this for an older child but not at 6 I don’t think. My dc wouldn’t have wanted to go with someone they didn’t know anyway.

Not in those circumstances, no.

The club insisted he goes? Or what?

How far away is the trip?On the face of it, no, I wouldn't let my dc get a lift with someone I/ don't know at all.

Yes, I would be fine with this. And grateful, and assuming at some point we would reciprocate the lift.

I'd probably arrange to meet the parent beforehand.

How important is the club? (What is the club?) I presume mini soccer or mini cricket.

We used to do this all the time when the DSs were young. It's being neighbourly.

Is it a match/game/team thing I probably would be fine maybe meet the parent beforehand to say hello. I guess it is an activity you want your dc to take part in then this might crop up again it is fine to try and get a lift network going.

It was a kind offer most parents would offer if they have space in the car, but it is ok for you to say no but as I said this could crop up again it is something to think about.

I had this once with scouts and didn’t let DD go and was glad, the man driving was not from the UK and didn’t have much experience driving UK motorways and smashed up the car. Everyone was ok luckily
I took DD out of scouts because the people running it were tyrannical idiots

It's a sports thing (mini athletics meet), and it's tomorrow and was only told about the lift today! I actually thought it weren't going to happ en as I'd n ot heard anything until earlier on.
I am very gr atefu l for the offer, and I feel a bit guilty for time - wasting but, I didn't feel comfortable as soon as I'd heard it.
If I had chance to meet the parent beforehand it'd probably be different

PookieDo scary

Definitely not

If you can't meet the parent then fair enough.