"You can imagine her rolling eyes and disgusted sigh at her Dad's stupid request "

I get that all the time. Mind you my wife is just as bad.

When we had the very bad snow and road conditions, I tried to stop my daughter getting the bus from Lincoln to Market Rasen midday. I warned her that she may not get a bus going back. My daughter and my wife with no experience of driving on such roads, just blanked me.

Anyway, my wife went with my daughter to the bus stop to go home. An hour later, my wife called and said that the bus hadn't arrived. They stood in -10 for over an hour and my daughter finished up with a nasty cold and is still suffering.

Well DOH.

It finished up with me driving my daughter home through freezing fog and icy conditions. Exactly what I didn't want to do. At least I got as nice hug from her when I dropped her off. :-)