my 14 year old daughter has told me a friend plans to meet up with a 17 year old boy she has met on a chat room tomorrow. The girls are supposed to be going to a friends house to work on a project and then onto a birthday sleepover. The girl in question is meeting up with the boy for the afternoon - showing him to his hotel - he is apparantly travelling 200 miles to see her. She is then supposed to leave him and go to the sleepover and meet up again with him on sunday.
Questions I ask myself are how much is this boy spending on train fare and hotel? Would he spend this much just to meet up for a couple of hours?
My daughter talks openly to me and I value this. If I call the girls parents they will lock down on her - she has a habbit of chatting to boys on line and meeting up but they are usually local and known by friends of friends, but the friend will know it was my daughter how told on her as she has told all the other girls that the boy is the son of her parents friends. It may all be innocent but what is a 17 year old doing travelling to meet up with a 14 year old. Should I tell the parents, the police or should I try to find out more and go along to check it out. I really could do with advise here. I want to encourage my daughter to be open with me but if this back fires on her will that trust be lost.