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im gonna guess that no one has though about weather or not this is out of necessity I.E. They lost their house or some other Extenuating circumstances. i can't believe how closed minded this thread is no one has thought to ask if there was a valid reason that they are taking an 18 month old over the road.
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If the poster lost his/her job, then they are mobile. Move somewhere and get a job that keeps you home. Period.
I can't understand how you consider most of these posters close-minded for looking out for the well-being of the child, while you are looking out for the selfishness of the original poster. Sorry that's cutting, but it's the truth.
It's been said a hundred times on this thread and many more times on the messageboard over the years...the road is no place to raise a child. They need freedom, a learning environment, and the ability to interact socially with others their age, be it friends or schoolmates. The child will NOT get that on the road. McDonalds and truck stops? Give me a break. :roll:
Follow the advice of several of these posters and speak to a pediatrician. Fill them in on the "job" and see what their take is. You'll be lucky if you don't get reported to DHS right then and there. And of course, let's not forget all the Nosey Joe's out there. It will only take one to see your child on the truck, put 2 and 2 together, get your plate number, and call DHS. I've seen it happen several times over the past few years..spoke to drivers (well-meaning ones at that) that lost their kids to the state because they thought it was OK to bring their child with them on the truck for an extended period of time and were now fighting a desperate fight to get them back.
The OP said he/she was researching this and had it figured out. I call BS on that. If you had researched it, you would have run into so many negatives about the plan that you would have immediately abandoned it in favor of something more sane and realistic.
In the end, driving a truck is a job, just like any other job. If it doesn't fit your lifestyle (having kids), then find a different line of work for the time being. There are millions of other jobs out there. Take one of those until the child is much older. Then get back to driving if that's what you want to do and take the child on week-long forays during the summer. That's what childhood memories are made of...not living in the truck 24/7.
Good luck to your child. At this point and unless you see what you are setting your child up for, he/she will need it. :sad: