My 14 year old daughter wants to go jogging alone?

absolutely not. and it sounds like you're gonna have to talk with your husband about communicating with your daughter. he's jeopardizing your role as a parent by undermining your authority that way. tell your daughter if she'd like to go jogging she will have to have yours or a friend's company

Where do you live? If you live in a big city or a dangerous part of town then maybe she shouldn't go jogging alone, but she is 14 and is getting older and needs to be given some freedom so that she doesn't start to rebel against you or lie to you. Your husband is really not helping the situation by telling her to go to him if you say no. The two of you are suppose to be a team and if you stop working as a team your daughter will learn to play you against one another. You and your husband need to have a talk. whether you agree with each others opinions or not you need to find some sort of common ground and come to a compromise, for the sake and well being of your daughter.

Can you convince her to go jogging with a few friends? I don't think anyone should go jogging alone. There are several reasons beyond worrying about kidnappers. She could get hurt (twist and ankle), get sick or dehydrated and pass out, she could get lost, if she is in the woods there are a number of other dangers. Talk with your husband, and then all three of you talk again. She shouldn't be going alone. This might not help ease your mind, but search stories on the internet for your husband to read. If she is simple going around the block, it's not a huge deal. Make sure she has her cell phone, and don't let her run with an ipod/mp3 player, as she won't be able to hear people or cars coming up behind her, and make sure she's not like running in a sports bra or revealing tank top that will draw extra unneeded attention. I hope your husband will change his mind.

Also, rape is just as common in nicer suburban areas as it is in poorer, higher crime rated city areas. Does your husband know that? He might be thinking we live in a nice area, nothing ever happens here, when in reality it happens just as much in nice areas. People from nicer areas also hide it more, worried they will disappoint family or not be believed.

I think she'll be fine, I started jogging alone when I was 13. If you're worried about her getting hurt, you should set up some rules like she should stay on main streets and to come home before it gets dark. You should also tell her what to do in a situation if she ever does find herself in trouble, I suggest getting her one of those emergency whistles, a lot of running companies have clothes with them on the zipper. You could also give her a ride to a park that has a running trail and tell her you'll pick her up at a certain time. You could also just get her a membership to a gym and let her go by herself and pick her up. That way, she can run alone and you won't have to worry about her because there will be people around.

She will have to go alone eventually. Prepare her while you still have the influence over her.

Set some rules:

1-NO earphones!!! you cannot hear an attacker or an oncoming car

2-bring a cellphone at all times for calling 911 in an emergency

3-get her some pepper spray or body alarm or some type of personal defense item (google the words "personal defense" and you should get some websites to buy the proper items) tell her not to go out alone without some item for personal defense.

4-enroll her in a female self defense workshop with a professional. Lots of police, karate schools, and etcetera have womens self defense workshops

5-make her wear reflective or light colored clothing, never ever jog at dusk or in the dark

6-don't jog in the street, go opposite as facing any cars

If you teach her now, and give her the proper rules, you have protected her for life. If you just say no now, when she is older she will just go out anyway and you just blew your chance to teach her how to be safe

you should let her. Some people say that carrying a whistle, pepper spray, a cell phone or mace can help. In most cases it will. Just make sure that she is jogging in a safe place like a really popular park or something. ,if you live in a ghetto or a the "hood", just think, you are in your neighborhood, with your neighbors that will know who your daughter is if she jogs by. Its completely safe. If something bad happens, your neighbors will care enough about a young girl (even if they don't know her) to help. If its the ghetto, the neighbor will have a gun. If it is a safe neighborhood, then nothing bad is gonna happen.

Just think, there is over 300,000,000 people in america today. There are only 3-4 news reports of this stuff happening in the continent per month. shes fine

If you allow her to and something bad happens, you'll second guess your decision until the end of this system. If it's so important for her to jog at any time, insist that she go with a friend, preferably a boy. It may be too late, but you and your husband must be on the same page, not just with decisions like this, either. If something were to happen to her because he allowed her to go alone, would your marriage survive? Your neighborhood, good or bad, doesn't necessarily factor into this, either. Bad people walk, ride bikes and drive through the best areas everyday. I, for one, do not want to see your daughters tragic story in the news someday.

I'm a teenager and right now I wouldn't go jogging. I live in an upper class neighborhood and there was recently an attempted kidnapping on a friend of mine. Even in the safest of neighborhoods like mine, you can never be fully safe from creeps. If she can find a friend to jog with though, I think that would be an excellent compromise because attackers won't usually go after groups of people. Maybe a dog would be a good idea too...?

Well your husband shouldn't do that, but I think it depends on where you live. Suburbs? City? It makes a difference. I'm fifteen and I don't think I would be comfortable jogging by myself in the city, then again I've grown up in the suburbs. If you live in the suburbs then maybe you are being a bit over protective. Compromise and give your daughter some credit. Tell her she can go alone as long as she has her cell phone with her and on. Also, if you live in the city, tell her not to listen to her iPOD while jogging. I heard on the news lately that people who try to mug people will go for people who are distracted, on the phone or iPOD. With all the technology we have people get so easily distracted and are unaware of their surroundings.

I'm a member of People Against Violent Crime (PAVC) which was founded by my best friends mother whos daughter was brutally murdered at 20. There are so many horror stories that I have heard being a member of this organization. Watch The News!!!!

Also, you two should use common sense and come to an agreement together and not override each other. Your child's safety is the main thing.

I'm young and I wouldn't let her go alone. In a city near where I live, a 14 year old girl was lured out from an affluent shopping mall into a park where two men ..one i late 20's and the other in his mid. 30's beat her to death...pretty girl ..or young woman to say!

Area as being good means nothing. It's all in who shows up there and for what reason! Your husband is a foolish man because parents need to be united in plans and decision making. I fear for your marriage once this daughter is grown up and gone from home...what's going to be left aside from this kind of memory and a wall of bricks made from them.

Me! :- l