A mother found herself in the middle of a carpool controversy when she decided to leave a kid behind after he failed to show up on time. The situation escalated, leading to the child and his mother being removed from the carpool group. This story is filled with conflict, drama, and moral ambiguity, as the mother faces backlash for her decision.
Carpool Arrangement

Driving Schedule

First Week of School

Text Reminder

Picking Up the Twins

Angry Voicemails

Phone Call with Mom ☎️

Mom’s Expectations ♀️

Heated Exchange

Calling the Other Carpool Parent

Unexpected Outcome

Carpool Chaos: Who’s in the Wrong?
A mother’s decision to leave a carpool kid behind after he failed to show up on time has caused quite a stir. The child’s mother accused her of being irresponsible, while the other carpool parents sided with her, ultimately leading to the child and his mother being kicked out of the carpool. This story raises questions about responsibility and expectations in shared arrangements. Share your thoughts and reactions in the comments below!
NTA. Entitled mom expects others to wake up her high schooler.

NTA. Kicking out a parent from carpool for leaving their kid behind.

Commenter and replies call out rude mom with humor

Responsibility of carpooling should not be pawned off.

Commenter defends carpool etiquette with fiery language

Mom forgets carpool kid, commenters agree NTA with fiery reactions

Standing up for yourself in a carpool? NTA

Commenter defends mother who left unfit carpool kid behind

Short and sweet: NTA. Consequences matter.

Mom leaves carpool kid behind, commenters side with NTA.

Teaching responsibility or setting up for failure?

Parenting responsibility debate: NTA for leaving carpool kid behind

Mom forgets carpool kid, commenter defends NTA judgment with sarcasm

Parent defends leaving carpool kid, sparks outrage

Mom forgets carpool kid, commenters blame her for irresponsibility

Entitled mom and kid prompt NTA backlash

Carpooling doesn’t include waking up kids.

Why do healthy teens need a ride for 1.5 miles? Some places don’t have safe walking options.

Mom faces backlash for leaving carpool kid behind

15-year-old should be responsible enough to wake up on time

Mom’s entitlement sparks outrage as she leaves carpool kid behind

NTA mom leaves carpool kid behind, sparks outrage

Commenter deemed not at fault, no replies yet

Not the a**hole for not waking up carpool kid

Setting boundaries with entitled parents

Commenter defends not wanting to take care of others’ kids

Mom leaves carpool kid behind, commenter defends their actions.

Mom faces backlash for leaving carpool kid behind

Standing up to entitled parents. NTA

NTA! High schoolers should be responsible enough to wake up on time

Parent defends leaving carpool kid behind, claims NTA

Hilarious response to carpool incident

Entitled parent leaves carpool kid behind, gets called out.

School bus driver defends leaving kid behind in carpool

Parenting debate: Should carpool drivers wake up other people’s kids?

Mom expects carpool to serve as her kid’s alarm clock. NTA

Parenting responsibility: NTA for leaving unprepared carpool kid behind

NTA comment defends leaving unprepared carpool kid behind.

No-nonsense carpool driver sets boundaries, earns NTA judgement

Teaching responsibility early on.

Teach your kid to wake up on time. NTA

Commenter defends carpool driver, expresses disbelief at situation

Bus drivers wouldn’t do it, why should she?

Reddit user calls out entitlement and supports carpool mom (NTA)

Carpool chaos! One commenter says NTA, but why?

Mom criticized for leaving carpool kid behind.

One bad apple ruins the carpool: ♀️

Parenting responsibilities: NTA for leaving carpool kid behind

Savage reply to mom’s mistake sparks agreement

NTA takes no responsibility for entitled mom’s morning meltdown

Punctual carpool driver avoids disaster, but should mom be blamed?

Responsible kid and NTA mom put entitled carpool mom in place

Responsibility lies with the carpool kid, not the parent.

Mom leaves carpool kid behind, gets kicked out. NTA

Parenting vs. carpooling? The verdict is in!

When picking up someone for work goes wrong

Taking responsibility for your own kid is NTA

Commenter shares personal experience and suggests tough consequences.

NTA for leaving carpool kid behind. Mother was disrespectful.

Mom criticized for leaving carpool kid behind, but commenter defends.

NTA defends mom who left carpool kid behind

School should offer pickup, NTA did everything right
