To be worried about leaving daughter after weird phone call

[Bednobsbroomsticks]

DD is 16. Me and DH are away tonight visiting family and she didn't want to come so staying home. DG live only minutes away but we will be staying quite a long way away
Midnight last night the landline rang so I jumped up to answer thinking something awful had happened and there was a crazed man on other end telling me he was ringing to spread the word of God. Told him to f off and put phone down. Dh was here but freaked me right out . Worried now about leaving DD for the night incase it happens again when we aren't here and she picks up phone and gets scared like I did. Do I warn her what happened as she heard the phone go last night? Do i unplug landline and still go? Might seem silly but will be here first night on her own and don't want her freaking out here on her own. Wwyd? I know unlikely to happen twice and prob just kids messing about. Is this a dare anyone else had this?

Thanks all. Yes was worried address attached to number our number gets called a lot as an local counsellor used to have this number . We get bbc ringing to speak to him sometimes. Was concerned it could mean they knew address. But left her unplugged phones and she kept her mobile on and all was well xxxxx thanks for advice.

If they ring again they'd probably get same response from me tbf.

I think it would be much safer and more sensible to keep the landline phone on and tell her not to answer it at that time of night unless it's say 2 rings gap 2 more ie a code that it's you or grandparents ringing or to check voicemail after the call in case it was something else important. It gives her a second method of calling for help if she's scared eg of someone outside, of a persistent nuisance caller or in a fire. Mobiles can and do go flat have a malfunction or temporary cut to services or are in another part of the building. Landlines are very reliable despite how old fashioned they seem to be much more than mobiles.

"Fuck off" is IME also a perfectly reasonable way to respond to random callers and is often surprisingly effective although it would probably be better depending on her personality to tell her to just hang up if that ever happens, do 1571 note the time and nature of the call down and let you know.