taxi4ballet Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Now dd is at vocational upper school and living away from home, I thought it would be a good idea to get her a Tesco clubcard and a Nectar card so she can save a bit of money on her shopping. But no - not allowed - can't have one until you are 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxette Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 You could get an additional card/key fob for your account and share your rewards with her (or not!). At least she can still collect points on your card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Yes, I'd thought of that, but it would have been nice if she could have had her own one! Of all the daft things - when I think of all the things you can do when you're 16/17 (like get a pilot's licence for instance) this is really silly. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dance*is*life Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 You can drive a car in America I believe! At 16......! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara in NZ Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 In New Zealand too there is a strange 'no man's land' between 16 and 18. My son was having state help rehabilitating from knee surgery and his case worker told me that I didn't have to go to appointments with him as he was 17. I went anyway, as I was driving him, only to find that I had to sign his identity verification as he couldn't until he was 18. This was in the same office! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annaliesey Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 How ridiculous. You can run off, get married, smoke cigarettes, but not clock up a few loyalty points ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pups_mum Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Yes, 16-18 is a weird time. I was livid recently to have to pay adult price for DD at a particular tourist attraction as she is 17 and chikd rates stopped at 16. Butt they wouldn't give me the student discount as she is still at school, not college or university. How on earth does that make sense? Ok, in the days when lots of people left school at 16 and started work there was probably a rationale for it, but now, when everyone is obliged to stay in education or training til 18 I think it's outrageous. Why should a 16 year old at school get child rate for things but a 17 year old in the same class have to pay full adult price........until they are 18 year old university students when they can get a discount again......madness. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 No-Man's-Land 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletmumfor2 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 The things my dd struggled with buying at 16 was a replacement sharp knife for the kitchen and getting paracetamol for headaches. She had to send an SOS message to her Dad for paracetamol and and hayfever tablets, and he was a bit concerned when she emailed his work with a message stating: 'thank you for the drugs;they have arrived safely!' She does have a mini nectar card on her keyring to collect points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Yes, 16-18 is a weird time. I was livid recently to have to pay adult price for DD at a particular tourist attraction as she is 17 and chikd rates stopped at 16. Butt they wouldn't give me the student discount as she is still at school, not college or university. How on earth does that make sense? Ok, in the days when lots of people left school at 16 and started work there was probably a rationale for it, but now, when everyone is obliged to stay in education or training til 18 I think it's outrageous. Why should a 16 year old at school get child rate for things but a 17 year old in the same class have to pay full adult price........until they are 18 year old university students when they can get a discount again......madness. Does your dd have a NUS discount card? You can apply for these in Year 12 and 13, providing your dd's school is listed in the "institution" dropdown list. At least then you can ask for student discount and show the card as proof that she's a student. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Knives for under 18 year olds is illegal and I can understand but you can buy paracetamol and other over the counter medicines at 16 - that's not illegal at all and my DD had no problems with it. It is the store that sometimes has an age policy on paracetamol and not the paracetamol itself that has age restrictions. I think my DD just went to Boots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katymac Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 & on a child protection front it's hard too 16 year olds can move out (run away?) & not be returned because they are adults and can do what they like - however the parent may still be responsible for that child/persons safety unless social services will take over - which is almost impossible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pups_mum Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 & on a child protection front it's hard too 16 year olds can move out (run away?) & not be returned because they are adults and can do what they like - however the parent may still be responsible for that child/persons safety unless social services will take over - which is almost impossible Absolutely. There was a tragic case close to my parents home a few years ago when a teenage girl had an accident and died whilst her parents were on holiday. She was 17, not far off 18 if I recall rightly but the parents were put through hell by social services and vilified in the press. But that young woman could have been married with children of her own, and at the time she could have had a job and lived quite independently of her parents. I really felt for the parents. As if it wasn't bad enough to lose your daughter, to then have your parenting put under the microscope...Just awful. And in all honesty, it was something that could equally have happened if they had been at home.Sorry, going off the topic really but it does demonstrate what a grey area these late teenage years are. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Yes, 16-18 is a weird time. I was livid recently to have to pay adult price for DD at a particular tourist attraction as she is 17 and chikd rates stopped at 16. In my day, you had to pay "adult" rail fares from the age of 14 onwards. It seemed I'd barely hit 16 before they decided to move the limit up to 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 and don't even think about holidays and flights! last year we wanted to do a transatlantic trip with children then aged 12 and 14. Depending on the carrier and hotel we were either 2 adults + 2 children, 3 adults +1 child or 4 adults. It took the services of a travel agent to work out the best deal for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 And don't get me started on VAT on 'adult' clothing. 'Small Adult' dancewear is seriously small and most young dancers move into adult dancewear well before they should be paying VAT as an adult on their clothes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingboy65 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Absolutely taxi4ballet! I got some tights for DS and they were "small mens". Rather expensive! He was 10, suggested sending him to the bar as he was now an adult ???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 Yet another under-18 annoyance... no to Paypal account 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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