Even the safest neighborhoods can’t always protect parents from their own overactive imaginations.

So when a neighbor offered her daughter a ride to school, one mom hit the brakes harder than some thought was necessary.

You’ll want to read on for this one.

AITA for yelling at my neighbor for secretly driving my daughter to school?

My (37F) 10-year-old daughter has been walking to school on her own for a couple of years.

To the mom, this route is more than safe for her daughter to walk.

She knows the route, she’s always on time, and she’s never had any issues.

We live in a relatively safe area and the school is a 15-minute walk from our home, with ample sidewalks and crosswalks.

But it turns out, she hasn’t been walking.

Today, I found out that our neighbor has been driving her to school without my knowledge.

I’m furious and went off on her after I found out.

I feel like she’s overstepping boundaries and undermining our parenting.

My daughter told me she doesn’t think it’s a big deal and that it was just some free rides.

But this doesn’t sit right with the mother at all.

I’m still concerned about the neighbor’s actions and find it concerning also that she apparently has been doing this for six months at the end of last school year also.

I told my husband (33M) we needed to set some serious boundaries.

Her husband doesn’t agree.

My husband thinks I overreacted and should apologize for shouting at her, and that it’s her business if she wants to give our daughter a ride anyway — even though we’ve explained our reasoning in the past.

AITA here?

Trust seems to be the main issue here.

What did Reddit have to say?

There’s definitely a few missing details in this story.

There’s a real potential this parent may be overreacting.

As long as it’s a safe adult, a free ride sounds like a good thing.

Is this really even about her daughter’s safety at all?

This neighbor probably meant well, but this mom took it as more of a threat than a favor.

Now everyone’s wondering who really crossed a line.

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