{"id":14986,"date":"2017-01-26T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T14:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=14986"},"modified":"2017-01-22T05:15:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T10:15:35","slug":"uber-for-kids-isnt-working-so-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2017\/uber-for-kids-isnt-working-so-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber For Kids Isn\u2019t Working So Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/012217_0753_UberForKids1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"528\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Economist wrote about startups aiming to be the Uber for kids:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Uber for kids sounds like a great idea. It&#8217;ll save parents from having to drive their offspring to school and after-school activities.<\/li>\n<li>Startups are finding creative ways to make the service child friendly. One gives children and drivers a code word \u2013 a child is only to get into the vehicle if the words match.<\/li>\n<li>Parents can track the ride, including the driver&#8217;s speed.<\/li>\n<li>There are problems. Demand is concentrated during certain times of the day, meaning that drivers can&#8217;t really make a living from the service.<\/li>\n<li>And parents may never be comfortable teaching their kids to get into a stranger&#8217;s car.<\/li>\n<li>Startups must also deal with the fact that Uber may decide that it wants to be the company that builds the Uber for kids.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/business\/21714390-silicon-valley-unusually-sceptical-about-idea-handful-startups-are-launching\">The Economist<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economist wrote about startups aiming to be the Uber for kids: Uber for kids sounds like a great idea. It&#8217;ll save parents from having to drive their offspring to school and after-school activities. Startups are finding creative ways to make the service child friendly. One gives children and drivers a code word \u2013 a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bulletin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/012217_0753_UberForKids1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14986"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15018,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14986\/revisions\/15018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}