“These days, parents are afraid to ask for transportation for their child to anywhere. “
Not around here. People here are always trying to pawn their kids off on someone else.
I notice that also.
Folks, mainly women, just want to leave their kids with me, and I see it ultimately as laziness.
Their kids interfere with their "me time", so they put their kids at risk of abuse for the sake of their convenience.
I am now a father of 3 girls, and realize now that all males are a threat.
I trust no one, and I do an informal psychological profile of people (previously called "sizing him up") to assess the odds that they will molest my kid.
For instance, I have a brother in law who is angry, disgruntled, and not well-adjusted. He is a high risk and won't be hosting any sleepovers with my daughters. Also, my father in law has dementia and is losing his inhibitions.
Family gets mad at me, but my responsibility is to my daughters first and foremost. If I do not protect them, no one else will (my wife is one of those aforementioned people who say "Here, take my kid").