Walking to evening activities alone- age

[Aroundtheworldin80moves]

DD (10yo, year 6) has an evening activity that starts at 6pm. It is now light at that time here.
It is 3 minutes through a residential estate (no pavements, but no cars). Then just under 10mins along the road to the next village... streetlights but just fields either side of road. Quite busy route, no roads to cross.

She currently meets with a friend from the estate and I follow about 20m behind. She wants to do it with just her friend next week.

I need to let her do it... but she just seems so little . She walks to school alone...
She has a phone but no money on it currently as she hasn't needed it.

Yes there is a lot of very tall children in her year!

No chance someone could watch them and then establish that this was a regular routine which could put them in danger - these girls were only 10, to put things into perspective

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soham_murders

I don't agree that you should base your life around absolute tragedies that have occurred in the past.
There would be a link of devastating consequences to every single event in womens lives.

www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976092455/disappearance-of-london-woman-walking-home-alone-sparks-grief-and-anger-across-u?t=1645886213614

I agree with PP that the second half of year 6 is a good time for DCs to start going out and about on their own, even in the dark/at dusk. Ideally with a friend so that if they get in a situation when they have to get home from Secondary.

I see a lot of people struggling with anxiety on MN - there's a thread in AIBU currently. I wonder if it's affected by the messages that some parents give out - that their DCs can't be trusted to cope alone out in the Big Wide World, even when they've reached the older years of Primary school.

Oops. ... they have to get home from Secondary alone, they feel more prepared.

@arethereanyleftatall @RedskyThisNight

Just my opinion. Feel free to direct your comments to the OP.