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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 232197" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Thank you everyone for your responses! </p><p> </p><p>Marguerite-- I had never heard of "the backpack murderer"--but such stories are the perfect example of why it is a good idea to keep others informed of your whereabouts.</p><p> </p><p>So, my husband and I did not "catch" difficult child at the bus-stop...or "entrap" her in any way...husband simply asked "<em>How did you get to school today?"</em></p><p> </p><p>difficult child was immediately annoyed and suspicious... "<em>Why?"</em></p><p> </p><p>husband explained that we saw the bus stop at our house and we panicked when she did not get on. We called her name that the bus was here...and when she did not respond we assumed something had happened and we were very worried.</p><p> </p><p>So difficult child then told us that the mother of another girl that rides her bus had stopped and offered her a ride...but, she swears that this has never, ever happened before. And when I reminded her that this <em>has</em> happened before and we have talked about all of this before--she claims not to remember.</p><p> </p><p>And so we talked about safety and letting others know where you will be etc etc etc.</p><p> </p><p>The part that worries me though, is that difficult child had a few different conflicting answers as to why she wouldn't have mentioned any of this to us. She said she figured if we had wanted to know whether she took the bus we would have asked....and if we didn't ask...well, then it was no big deal. Then, she said that she didn't think she had to check with us since she caught a ride with someone she knew.</p><p> </p><p>Clearly, she wants to make her own decisions and feels that what we don't know won't hurt us...</p><p> </p><p>How were we supposed to know to ask whether she took the bus to school? It makes me wonder what else I should be asking? Clearly, she will not tell me otherwise.</p><p> </p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/whiteflag.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":whiteflag:" title="whiteflag :whiteflag:" data-shortname=":whiteflag:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 232197, member: 6546"] Thank you everyone for your responses! Marguerite-- I had never heard of "the backpack murderer"--but such stories are the perfect example of why it is a good idea to keep others informed of your whereabouts. So, my husband and I did not "catch" difficult child at the bus-stop...or "entrap" her in any way...husband simply asked "[I]How did you get to school today?"[/I] difficult child was immediately annoyed and suspicious... "[I]Why?"[/I] husband explained that we saw the bus stop at our house and we panicked when she did not get on. We called her name that the bus was here...and when she did not respond we assumed something had happened and we were very worried. So difficult child then told us that the mother of another girl that rides her bus had stopped and offered her a ride...but, she swears that this has never, ever happened before. And when I reminded her that this [I]has[/I] happened before and we have talked about all of this before--she claims not to remember. And so we talked about safety and letting others know where you will be etc etc etc. The part that worries me though, is that difficult child had a few different conflicting answers as to why she wouldn't have mentioned any of this to us. She said she figured if we had wanted to know whether she took the bus we would have asked....and if we didn't ask...well, then it was no big deal. Then, she said that she didn't think she had to check with us since she caught a ride with someone she knew. Clearly, she wants to make her own decisions and feels that what we don't know won't hurt us... How were we supposed to know to ask whether she took the bus to school? It makes me wonder what else I should be asking? Clearly, she will not tell me otherwise. :confused1::angry::whiteflag: [/QUOTE]
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