Would this concern you?

[CloudyDay95]

My DD is 5 and her friend is 6, they are y1. Just now at 7:30, her friend has been knocking on our door. We live about 5 doors down. But it’s a busy road, bus route. I asked if her mum knew she was here and she said no and that she sneaked out. Aibu to be concerned by that?

What did the mum say when you took her dd back home?

Yes, take her in and ring the mum if you haven’t already or bring her home. Scary!

Genuinely, why are you posting here before brining her home? Why not bring her and see what sort of reaction her mother has before wondering whether to be concerned or not.

Look at it from a different point of view:
"My daughter sneaked out the front door and called round to a friend's house. I was worried sick when I discovered she'd gone, but the other mother stayed posting on a forum before letting me know where my child was! AIBU for thinking she should have told me straight away?"

Agree, what are you doing on mumsnet?!!

Children sneak out. Just take her home and let her mum know so she can consider ways of preventing it happening again. My dd and her friend snuck out in the middle of the night while having a sleepover when they were 7 or 8, and walked to her friend's house (her friend wanted to go home but they decided it would be nicer to not wake me up but wrote a note for me instead). Thankfully someone drove past them and called the police but her friend's mum was very angry with me which was upsetting as I had no idea they would do something like that so had no way of preventing it. And she just sent dd to walk back by herself (police saw her on her way back and picked her up)

Did you take the child home and speak to her mother?

I posted after 7 minutes, I said she came round at 7:30. I took her home straight away but their mum actually speaks little English. I said she had been round here and she just ok ok, thank you. She is from Turkey but the girls were born here and know English