Daughter and reading festival

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Hi everyone I need some advice , my daughter who turns 16 in my wants me to buy her a reading festival ticket today for august. I have so no a million times and so has her father . She is keeping on saying it's just for the day . All her friends are going on a coach pick up in the morning and back late . Now because it's not over night I'm half and half but more no , just wondering what you all think and would do . Thankyou 😊

I've been going since I was 15 with no supervision. She won't be allowed in Campsite with only a day ticket just the arena, shell have a wristband to show shes under 18. It will be fine

She’s sixteen and will be leaving school. So long as its safe, let her go. She needs to experience some mature activities at some stage in life and this year will probably be strongly checked and policed to ensure its safe due to covid

Let her go! She deserves some independence at 16.

This is fine. usually kids go after their GCSE results to celebrate.Its very heard up for that end of the market.Let her go for the day its good intro to festivals x

Let her go! She'll have a great time

I would let her go. I started going to festivals at 16. Especially if it's only for the day.

I was going for the full weekend from 17. She’ll be absolutely fine, let her go. Good for building independence.

Let her go! It's just for the day, everything I've heard about Reading has been that it's pretty safe for teens. It's a great experience to go to a festival and I wish my parents had let me go when I was younger.

Reading Festival sold out of tickets yesterday, I went a few years ago and it was family friendly though if you manage to get one!

For a day? Let her go. I camped at 16!

I’d let her go.

Let her go, Reading is a rite of passage for teens - worry about Boomtown at 17! 😬

A day should be fine.

My son went and camped at 16. I was worried sick but he had an amazing time. I think it was a good experience for him, shortly after that he went to Uganda for a few weeks to help build a school before A levels. He then went travelling through Scandinavia before uni (solo) and is now 20 and in med school.

Remember that 'children' can leave home at 16. They are perfectly capable to go away for a weekend - or a day - and come back unscathed.

But if you've kept saying no you will be teaching her that no means yes if she asks often enough.

You won’t get tickets now anyway

I believe it’s sold out now, I live locally to Reading and the amount of people asking for tickets on our local Facebook page yesterday as it’s sold out was unreal.

I started going to Leeds for the full weekend from 16 (GCSE summer), she'll be fine.

Oh it is sold out. Not a great line up either. Not like the old days

My slow brain thought you meant a reading festival as in books and I thought wow how cool is that 🤦‍♀️😂 Sorry not helpful

I would let her go

@peakygal my great-grandma was most impressed when at 16 I turned up at hers in a Reading Festival hoodie. She said ‘how wonderful! And were these all the books you read? Some have very funny names!’

I did my first festival at 16 and went for the full weekend. It was enlightening
It’s only a day ticket, let her go!
(Agree with pp about Boomtown next year though.....)

A reading festival sounds wonderful, though.

[quote SmidgenofaPigeon]@peakygal my great-grandma was most impressed when at 16 I turned up at hers in a Reading Festival hoodie. She said ‘how wonderful! And were these all the books you read? Some have very funny names!’[/quote]