At what age would you allow your child go on holiday with extended family?

[DarlingCoffee]

Hoping for some guidance on this. Holiday is in the UK for a week. DD is eight.

Need some more detail, like what extended family and how well do you know them? Do they have kids of similar age? Has DD stayed away from you before?

If it were my brother or sister and their kids (or DHs) I probably would from that age, knowing DD had stayed with my parents a lot (including a week abroad without us), but it might be a different matter for second cousins I didn't know well with kids of a different age to child.

My parents took my son to Italy for a week at 4.

My parents will most likely take our girls away on holiday the second my youngest is potty trained and happy to not go to bed at 6pm.

Thanks everyone for their responses. It is much appreciated.

Both DDs started weekends away with grandparents at 2 years old.

I took my nephews away from about 18 months, just for weekends. Now they are all in primary school they generally go away in the holidays with somebody.

I'd let mine go but no one in my family wants to take children on holiday lol.
My oldest would have been ready to go on a trip about age 8, my youngest is only just about there age 9. It depends on night time behaviour and self confidence which will vary for each child. I would be more relaxed about a UK destination than a foreign one where there are more risks. It also depends on who is going to be looking after them. Not all adults are equally responsible!

If my dc had no sen and was ok with being away from me at that age and had good relationship with the family member I would let them go.

It would really depend on the extended family. How attentive they are and trustworthy. Also, to what extent your child is able to care of themselves and their confidence level in giving consent and being outspoken when others assume consent. Consent is assumed for basic things with children sometimes and it can shut down their voice.