Dd is 16. We live in a town with lots of countryside/footpaths at close proximity. About a 15 minute walk away from our house, you get to the edge of some farmers’ fields. If you walk down the side of one of these you find yourself in a lovely small wood. At the moment the bluebells are out and it’s absolutely magical.
Over Easter, dd and I have gone for a walk in this wood most mornings before she starts revising (I work in a school so have school holidays off). But in a few weeks’ time she’ll be off school on pre-GCSE study leave while I’ll be working.
She’s said in passing that she’s going to go for a walk in the woods at the start of each day to get herself in the right frame of mind for revision.
I feel rather uncomfortable about this as the wood is a significant distance away from the road & any houses. Definitely out of ear-shot. And the wood is never very busy - we rarely bump into more than one or two people, mostly dog walkers; often it’s entirely empty apart from us.
AIBU to think it would be unwise for dd to go walking there by herself? Would I be unreasonable to tell her she can’t?
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To not want daughter going to a wood by herself?
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Vellia · 26/04/2019 00:18
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