To not let my 16 year old go on a weekend away with 2 mates?

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My daughter is 16 and her and 2 of her friends want to go to Edinburgh for the weekend on their own. They all went to a festival this summer (but were loosely supervised by an adult). Now they want a bit more freedom.

She is pretty sensible but is just so young (her mates are 17, she's a younger one in the school year).

Letting go is so bleedin hard. I sort of know that I am BU but would you let her go?

I don't know how you could stop her to be honest.......

At 16 I was holidaying in Spain with friends, travelling to London, having a great time.

Did you have very sheltered teenage years OP? Is that why you are worried?

andnowitsseven yet many 16 years worked full time, paid taxes, got married, had children, had their own homes, drank in pubs, etc etc.
Might have still legally been children but only in the respect of not being able to vote.

I'd let her go.
At that age I popped off to America for three weeks by myself!

My dd is 16 and has voted as Scotland allows it.

Um actually I'm not sure about this one. It would depend on the friends and my view on how sensible they were. The suggestion that they won't get served alcohol is bollocks so you should presume they will drink. Of course once you're tipsy your ability to judge risk is diminished. ( plus teenagers are very poor at judging risk and over estimate their ability to deal with things). How will they deal with getting differences of opinion? What if one hooks up with a lad... will they look out for each other ? What if they're invited to a party by a group of lads? I'm not saying that these are awful things to do but I would want to know they were mature enough to manage things going wrong before I would let her go.

I would absolutely give my blessing. Surely to be proven trustworthy and reliable she needs the opportunity to prove herself?

She's in the 6th form? Would definitely let her go.

At 16 I lived alone with my newborn . I'd let her go if she wanted to .

I went to Spain at 15 and again at 16 for 10 days with my best friend so I wouldn't worry too much about Edinburgh