my daughter will be 16 and a half in august and wants to go to the Leeds festival with friends....do you think she is too young?

Halsu | 19:27 Thu 28th Jan 2010 | Parenting

9 Answers

whats the difference?

2 year old with food phobia

Answers

1 to 9 of 9

EDDIE51

Best Answer

Only you know the answer to this !
How mature is she in day to day life ? What age are her friends and are they level headed and sensible? What is the opinion of the other parents involved ?
Have they made sensible plans and travel / accommodation arrangements ?.
Our offspring are often more capable than we give them credit for ! we are always apprehensive...

19:49 Thu 28th Jan 2010

Go To Best Answer

MarkRae

Her physical age is less important than her mental age and level of maturity, IMO.

Also, what are here friends like...?

Teleph0ne

Depends if she is a responsible teenager or not, Its all about how much you trust her. I think you need to let kids have the freedom to make their own mind up and make their own mistakes and hopefully learn from them! Leeds festival is a great place and if she is really into her music then she should have a great time

ganesh

Nope...and it wouldn't be worth trying to stop her if she's decided! Gotta let them have a bit of freedom and responsibilty at some stage and I think most 16 year olds are capable of looking after themselves. Are her friends ok?

Halsu

Question Author

thanks...she is very clever high achieveing and mature, as are most of her friends... But i didnt let her two brothers go till they were 18 ish...its adifficult one guess its cos shes agirl! I think its just a Mum worrying thing. Also her dad and I are divorced and he thinks shes abit young. Gosh I dont know what to do really!!:(

B00

Do you know who she's going with? Are they all same age? Are their parents ok with it?

Now being an oldie, im a bit fuzzy what this actually is...is it a day thing? A nighter? A weekender?

Halsu

Question Author

yes I know her friends and their parents are ok with it. Its amixture of boys and girls. Its aweekender four nights I think

-- answer removed --

B00

It is a toughy, but i'd be tempted to let her go. Especially as you've said she's mature etc.

If she was going to do anything, she'd be already doing it anyway- does that make sense?

ganesh

To be honest I'd be more worried letting her go out for an evening in a town than going to a festival. There's such a big crowd of people that I think it's much safer in a way. Also there's not much more she can get up to there than anywhere else,so why worry? Especially if ,as you ay,shes quite mature. She'll be off to uni in a year maybe-now that's damn dangerous! (lol)

1 to 9 of 9

Do you know the answer?