Would you let your child do this or am I over the top?

[KrustyBurger]

Currently on holiday in the USA. We are staying at a Marriott so not a motel type set up.

Husband asked our daughter who is 12 to run some rubbish down to the bin next to the lift, she would have to go past about 12 room doors (6 each side).

I said no, il do it as you never know who’s in the rooms and it only takes 5 seconds for someone to open the door and yank her in and you wouldn’t even know which room it is or where she is.

Husband said ok but gave me a strange glance.

Was I being over the top? Or would other parents do the same. It’s nearly 10pm at night here.

Husband's a bit of a clean freak and our bin is full hence not just leaving it.

Where on earth do you holiday?

I probably wouldn't have let a 12 yo go along at 10pm and either ask them to wait till morning or have done it myself. Probably OTT but I'd rather have peace of mind. My opinion is probably coloured by the fact that my aunt and uncle stayed in a 'nice' hotel in LA a few years ago and a woman was raped, tortured and murdered on the same floor as them.

What a ridiculous comment. The child would also need a hazmat suit and full breathing equipment. What use is a helmet if she could be gassed with deadly chemicals in the corridor. Honestly some of the replies on here!

She can obviously go to the toilet, she still on her reins and they go as far as the toilet. Otherwise obviously not!

I haven’t extrapolated about all men Blarney, you did that.

Is it your GCSE Sociology exam today, or Food Tech?

@RunAwayTurnAwayRunAwayTurnAway sorry where did I say all men?

Your post was man hating!

When are you going to resit your English comprehension exam?

Start revising now!

I would have to think that purely in terms of probability, the chances that one of the 12 rooms she passed would contain a pedophile, who also happened to be looking through the peephole on his door at the exact moment your daughter passed, are fairly low.

Where have I said all men, quote where I said all men are lazy. Brush up your own comprehension, after your sociology module.

@RunAwayTurnAwayRunAwayTurnAway he could've taken the "trash" but as a good parent he is assigning age appropriate chores to his daughter.

It's what reasonable, normal people do.

Helicopter parenting is so restrictive.

I won't come back with an inane "exam" quip.

@Blarneytalk - the OP clarified that her husband was dealing with their younger child at the time.

In the sense of maths yes, in the sense of MN logic I would think the probability is close to 100% 😂

I know! That's exactly my point?

I don't know what you're saying?

It was @RunAwayTurnAwayRunAwayTurnAway that says he should've done his chores himself after.

Then my apologies

Thank you

You stop at ridiculous paranoia.

You have an overdeveloped sense of risk.

Obviously you just don't go in the bathroom 🙄

I don't think I've ever stayed in a hotel where I have had to take the rubbish somewhere! Surely when the rooms are serviced it's done then. When we were at the end of a 6 week road trip we had so much crap out of the car that we did clear that ourselves but otherwise, no.

Hazmat and breathing equipment are fine for Biohazards and fire, but will provide little or no protection against any hungry lions that may be roaming the hotel corridors. It would be essential that she took with her a fully loaded Heckler and Koch.

No, no
The gun will incite all the trigger happy Americans ready for an argument and a gunfight to open fire!

Better to carry a spear

Again, quote where I say all men are lazy.

I bet there's no US community that bans children under 14 to walk along a hotel corridor alone!

So, why isn’t husband doing it? I thought getting rid of rubbish is the man’s job?

I feel uneasy walking along hotel corridors on my own. I am pretty confident, travel a lot on my own. But there is something about hotels - I personally wouldn't allow it. I think my girls would be scared. It's unlikely that something would happen, but no point testing it! And i do think it can be unsettling.

What you are doing is instilling fear into your daughter.
You watch too many American cop films.