To attend a Yr 11 college open evening with my dd?

[tigwig76]

I have been made to feel the most dreadful parent by my daughter today....my crime? Caring enough to go to a GCSE information evening yesterday that parents were invited to and a college open evening today! Out of her group of friends I was the only parent who went. She said I was an embarrassment! Why didn't I stay at home?! Today she wanted to go with just her friends. I wanted to go as I had questions myself. I compromised and let her go with friends while we had 10 mins of questions with a tutor together. Then I left. Should I have let her go alone?

I went to an open evening last night with ds and most teens there had a patent with them.

No!! I'm going with my Dd next week to look at college & sixth form. It hadn't occurred to either of us for me not to go too. She's my Dd and about to make a huge decision. Yanbu!

Or even a parent.
I'm not sure ds would have found out anything he actually needed to know without me there.

Blimey wait until there are a University open days.

Your DD is being Very unreasonable

When DD1 was looking, some were with parents and some not. DD and I wandered round separately with agreed meeting times to compare notes. That seemed to work quite well.

I guess it does depend on what you are finding out (eg choosing courses, pastoral, travel, learning support) and how mature the DD is.

I went to a sixth form open evening with my ds last week. The vast majority of teens had parents with them.

It didn't occur to me that he could go on his own because I wanted to see the college too and ask questions.

My DC aren't that age yet but that's something I'd definitely go to and expect other parents to be there.

I was at a sixth form open evening last night and every kid had a parent with them

Are you sure you were the only parent? That sounds a bit like "I'm the only one of my friends not allowed to stay out till midnight on a school night....."

Just come back from eldests college open evening most had parents with them. Mine would not have asked the questions needing answers had he gone on his own. He even asked me questions as we left that had been answered in front of him.

I went with my son (he isn’t NT and needed me anyway). I also went to Uni open days with DD (at her request).

I'd assume you would go. Surely there were other parents there!
@Butterfly02 you have a typical teenage boy then 😂

I was at a 6th form open evening last night. With 15yo DS.
It was heaving overcrowded. Queuing to get in or out of any room.
With some prospective applicants, There were double parents, grandparents, and at least one toddler (with 2 parents, and pushchair).
One parent fine. Whole household, not so considerate.

DS is very shy. I'd love him to go by self, I sent his sister to London by self 4x for Uni Open Days (ok, tbh, she mostly went with friends). But DS Would never go by self. He didn't ask a single question at either 6thFm Open event.

... I dont' think you were unreasonable to go but if she asked you to stay home, in advance, you should have leapt at the chance, imho. So can't vote without more info.

When I say the only parent I meant the only parent at the gcse school assembly in her group of friends. So out of 8 kids, I was the only adult. Some other parents were there but not very many.
Feeling relieved that many others would go to these things too!