DD is just turned 12. She wants to take on an extra class in one of her activities. I have said yes, but only if she is prepared to walk there and back. We live in a quiet, rural village of about 2,000 people. Everyone knows everyone however there has been recent issues over a few flats being turned into "halfway houses" for those coming out of jail/psychiatric care, though it's hard to know how much is NIMBYism and how much is genuinely concerning
Class starts at 8 and ends at 9. It is less than five minutes walk away- down our street, through the village square, down another street, turn, and there's the church hall. The second street has a car park on one side and the side of the shops on the other, but it is floodlit and takes maybe 30 seconds to walk down. DH works late shift on the night the class is on, and I will be at home with the younger DC who are in bed by 8 and asleep.
AIBU? I think it's because she'd be coming home at nine, that feels quite late to me. I'm not sure how I will feel when she's doing it in January too. DD is moaning tjga she wants one of us to walk down to pick her up, DH may be home early enough some nights but it isn't guaranteed.