Honestly
This has all gone OTT
When we were kids my db and I would sleep in a tent on our own sometimes from a pretty young age. We had a pump up airgun pretty much as soon as we were big enough to pump it up between us!
So, at the weekend had some friends to stay at my parents, they have a very grown up 11yo (nearly 12) and an 8yo. DD nearly 5. They were all so excited at camping in the garden on their own, the tent about 10 yards from the back door which was left open all night for them, they had a mobile in case they wanted anyone.
My father decided that due to Madeleine McCann's abduction he would not be able to sleep unless dd came in when we went to bed (so of course she was fine while we were inside til 2am drinking and partying!?!?! Obv no abductors would come in then, they would of course wait until later when there was not an almighty row coming from the house and we were all quiet and could her the screams of the abducted children!!) As the other two really wanted to sleep without a grown up, I had to agree.
As it happened it started raining and dd didn't like the noise so came in of her own volition. I do object to this hysteria from my (normally very sensible) father though! I can't see that anything has changed from when we were kids and we were allowed to sleep out from when I was about 7 (and I was the eldest)
What do you think?
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My father wouldn't let my dd sleep in a tent in the garden at the weekend because of missing Madeleine...
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PetronellaPinkPants · 29/05/2007 09:14
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