To not want DD to go to Thorpe Park?

[demo2026]

DD is 15, it is her last day at school tomorrow before the summer holidays. One of the days next week, she wants to go to Thorpe Park with her friends, 2 other girls and one boy. They're all 15, the boy said he's going to pay as his parents are giving him some money.

The problem is, his parents won't be there so it'll be just them. I'm not really comfortable as they're all only 15.

Am I being too overprotective and I should let her go? What are other peoples opinions on this?

@Hillary4

You're right to worry. A coach driver taking England fans to the final said one gut on the coach boasted he thought he had covid, but got his wife to do the test and it was negative. Next day the 55 year old double jabbed driver is in hospital with covid. That is the sort of people the government don't believe exist, keep telling us people will do the right thing.....like Cummings and Hancock! Care for your child and keep her safe, others may not

Oh yeah? Must be that super duper Gamma strain that goes from infection to the worst of the symptoms in under 24 hours.

@Hillary4

You're right to worry. A coach driver taking England fans to the final said one gut on the coach boasted he thought he had covid, but got his wife to do the test and it was negative. Next day the 55 year old double jabbed driver is in hospital with covid. That is the sort of people the government don't believe exist, keep telling us people will do the right thing.....like Cummings and Hancock! Care for your child and keep her safe, others may not

I thought you were going to say that you might not be happy for a teenager to be driven on a coach by a random driver (which would be perhaps understandable) - but, of course, it all has to be about bloody Covid.

This isn't a thread about Covid; it's a thread about whether a 15 yo can reasonably visit Thorpe Park.

At 15? Yes, it's fine. But I would pay for her.

You need to let kids off the leash at that age. ~ They should be fine as a group of 4, and it is a prelude to when they will be more out on their own and away from home.
Thorpe park should be fine, and as long as they have a phone or 2 between them for emergencies they should have a laugh.

Let her go.
I had overprotective parents but even they let me go to a theme park at 13.
We got public transport, 2 buses, took us about an 1-1.5 to get there.
We had a great day.

My kids would go with their friends alone to theme parks at that age

And you should pay for her ticket. It's not cheap and it's cheeky to accept that

OP posted this on 15 July. It's probably a moot point by now.