Recently my girl asked me if I would let her go on a grad trip with her friends.
Did well for A levels so her dad wants to sponsor her
They just received their A level results some time back and she did well enough to go to a local university.
Her father was all ready to let her go and even wanted to sponsor her trip but I’m not convinced that she is able to take care of herself.
She is pampered and protected from young, so scared she cannot fend for herself
Three girls in a faraway country to me sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. I don’t know about her friends but since young, she rarely takes the public transport as her dad will fetch her to and from school.
I don’t even know if she knows how to find her way in Singapore. How to let her go to a foreign land? Everything at home is also done by the maid so I also don’t know if she knows how to take care of herself.
Because of all these worries, when she asked me, I rejected her immediately and she hasn’t spoken to me since.
My husband says I’m being too protective of her but we only have one daughter.
Touch wood if anything happens to her, what are we to do? I rather she hate me than let anything bad happen to her.
Here are what netizens think
- Problem is not her going on a trip but the issue is more of you both not teaching her some life skills. Please teach her some and let her go on a short trip with her friends. She’ll be thankful for that in future.
- Usually, parents like me nowadays, send their children to tae Kwan do, karate or silat classes for self defence. By the time they finish sec 4, they got their black belt, can fight 3. But I saw in Hong Kong famous movie guys who drug young girls from foreign countries. So if guy offer drinks, one or all of the girls must not drink. Best is keep away from guys. Don’t let them go Africa, India, Thailand, Cambodia becos many human trafickers.
- Maybe You should talk to her about your worries. She’s smart enough to listen.