DD14 desperate to do MONTH long exchange to USA - would you allow?

[TheLuckyMrsPine]

DD goes to a school (UK) that has just been bought by an International School chain. They offer month long exchanges with other schools in the partnership. DD is desperate to do an exchange to Louisiana, USA.

I am terrified but don’t want my anxieties to hold her back. She would be staying with a student in their home. She would have to do the flight alone. I have tried to talk her into going to France or Spain but she’s not interested.

Would you let your daughter go?

The flying part is likely to be uneventful. BA may not treat her as an UM, but they will take good care of her and tbh sitting in airline seat for 8 hours or whatever is more likely to be boring than anything else.

What I'd be far more concerned about is: homesickness, personal safety, what if she and the other girl don't get on - a month is sooo long if actually they don't really like each other, who this family is and whether you'd want your DC staying in their house for a month, who will be driving her around (older siblings who may have only just passed their driving tests?), etc. It's the banal stuff tbh that would worry me more than a flight with British Airways.