to worry about 14 year old DD travelling into London alone

[WhoopsieDaisie]

Well not alone, with a friend but without adults.

We live just outside zone 6, so I will drop her off at the tube and she will get the tube into East London. She wants to go a book signing by a pop group and I can't go as DH will be at work and I have 2 other littler DCs.

She has never been on a tube on her own before and I am worried about something happening in London and me being far away (about 40 mins on tube, plus 15 mins car ride to get to tube).

She is desperate to go. AIBU or silly? Am tempted to tell her no but she wants autographs and this may be her one chance.

Ahh well, getting up at 4am so she could get the first train at 5am to get there by 6am to get a wristband was a complete waste of time. The bastarding wankers gave all the wristbands out last night even though they stated they would be given out until 7am this morning .

oh no

She hasn't been on the Tube alone before, but presumably has been on it with you?

Everyone has to have a first time at doing it alone. Now is probably as good as any other time for a typical 14yo.

My very gawky 14-yo moved to a new school this year, where she has to take public transport. She has been on trains many times before but I always bought the tickets and she was never one to study how I did that, unlike her younger sisters. I just told her what she needed to do, and she did it. She has a mobile and is willing to text me with questions. The first time she got the bus home, she texted me to tell me she was on the bus and how was she to get off (!) - I texted back to tell her to ring the bell when passing a certain landmark. Three weeks later and she is an expert!