I would let her go alone.
But-I don't have any skin kids of my own (yet).
My reason for saying YES is that I flew alone at 6 years old to go visit my aunt. The flight was probably 3 hours or so, from Minneapolis to New York. I LOVED IT-and I flew somewhere to meet her and spend some time in the summer with her each year after that-to Las Vegas, Wisconsin, Alberquerque, and Orlando. The experiences I had were wonderful, and I wouldn't trade any of those memories for anything. It was special because it was "our thing" and the whole experience was even cooler for me as a kid because I got to go by myself. I felt very confident and responsible-even though the flight attendants were with me the whole time.
You have to ask yourself and your daughter a bunch of questions about it though-is SHE comfortable going alone? What would she do in an emergency? Does she know her address and phone number, and the address and phone number of where she'll be staying? Does the flight need to connect anywhere, or is it a direct flight? If she needs to connect, does she know what to do if she has a long layover?
Talk about it with your daughter, and make a decision going from there. |