Teenage girls going to six flags by themselves?

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Anonymous wrote:Bowie 6 flags is incredibly sketchy.

Have you actually been? I’m the PP who went last Monday. It’s totally not sketchy. It was really nice.

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Anonymous wrote:I was doing this with friends at age 13. The three most important things:

1. They must stay together. Even if they get in a fight, nobody can flounce off in a huff.
2. They must remind each other to stay hydrated and keep drinking water.
3. They must keep reapplying sunscreen.

Rule #1 needs to be more detailed. The one who “flounces off in a huff” is usually being ganged on.

Ganged on by whom? The ONE friend they're there with? That's ... just an argument between two friends. The first rule doesn't need to be more detailed at almost 15. It means if one girl wants to walk around with a group of boys they just met there and one girl doesn't then they do, don't, or do for an hour and then ditch the boys. It's not rocket science. If I was doing this regularly starting at 13 with no problems, girls almost two years older can surely do it.

If the girl is not allowed to walk away from a toxic situation, there should be rules like “the person saying no is the priority”, “nagging after hearing no is forbidden(but polite negotiation is ok)”, etc.

FTR, I would allow a teen to walk away from a friend at six flags.

This is ridiculous - there's not going to be a toxic situation with two friends going to Six Flags for a day! Micro-managing is not the way to raise kids - letting them work out differences is.

You sound like the toxic “friend” I would walk away from(and tell my kids to do the same).

*walking away*

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For those who say it’s sketch, can you give some examples?

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We have season passes. It's 100% not sketchy. My kid just turned 14, and we are taking him and 7 friends there to spend the day. We'll be onsite b/c my H and I genuinely like amusement parks, but I'd also be okay dropping them off.

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OP here - appreciate the various points of view

The girl has been given growing set of independence over the years, but if someone gropes or touches ... or if there is a fight due to some misunderstanding and de-escalation techniques do not work.... not sure how that would turn out ... and i'd be a 45 minute drive away. they plan to use the water park

For the folks with concerns.... any specifics to share? is it first hand or reliable second hand info ?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - appreciate the various points of view

The girl has been given growing set of independence over the years, but if someone gropes or touches ... or if there is a fight due to some misunderstanding and de-escalation techniques do not work.... not sure how that would turn out ... and i'd be a 45 minute drive away. they plan to use the water park

For the folks with concerns.... any specifics to share? is it first hand or reliable second hand info ?

It sounds like your daughter maybe has some special needs or behavioral issues so I would talk to her support team and they can lay out a plan of what supports she would need to be able to go to a theme park with a friend. Maybe she has a worker who could go with them?

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> It sounds like your daughter maybe has some special needs or behavioral issues so I would talk to her support team and they can lay out a plan of what supports she would need to be able to go to a theme park with a friend. Maybe she has a worker who could go with them?

Appreciate you being mindful of that, but in this case thats not the case. Just a non-confrontational introverted 14 yr girl who is not one of those tough kids

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It’s fine. They need to leave before 5 or 6. The usual rules of sticking together apply.

The “local talent” comes later.

I was there last week. It was perfectly fine. Until the riff raff started to appear. It was 5ish.

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OP I had two girls and when they went around that age another parent or I went with them to the park and sat around (not follow them that’s too damn tiring) until they were done. I brought a book.
Yes the girls will fight. That means they will argue and the group will take sides and break up for a while then get back together. Or one girl will run off in a huff for a bit. Why there is all this drama I don’t know. Hormones I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:Bowie 6 flags is incredibly sketchy.

Not during the day it isn't.

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Hell no. I took my kids a couple years ago and will never go back again. Definitely never drop them unsupervised.

I have to be honest, if another parent approached me with this idea I would question their judgement and never place my child in their care.

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Anonymous wrote:I would think that the park itself is as safe or safer than most places in the DC area. What exactly are you concerned about?

He’s concerned about her being around black people black males. Read between the lines

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Anonymous wrote:> It sounds like your daughter maybe has some special needs or behavioral issues so I would talk to her support team and they can lay out a plan of what supports she would need to be able to go to a theme park with a friend. Maybe she has a worker who could go with them?

Appreciate you being mindful of that, but in this case thats not the case. Just a non-confrontational introverted 14 yr girl who is not one of those tough kids

One of those tough kids? Your klansmans hood is showing. Please keep your beloved daughter home with you and your closed mind

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Anonymous wrote:Curious around what folks have been comfortable with and if six lags has had any safety issues

Single dad of a 14 year old daughter is 14 about to turn 15. She wants to go to six flags in Bowie with a friend (dropped off / pickup) She is usually introverted and seems to have her head on her shoulders but is also gullible to some extent. But at the same time, when we have gone to say Hershey as a family or with cousins, we do let the kids go explore by themselves and then find them later, but we always check in every so often, like in an hour... but haven't let them be by themselves for 4-6 hours at a waterpark.

Is six flags safe for teenage girls to be at by themselves during the week?

At what age did folks let their daughters go to amusement parks by themselves?

My daughter's friends parents seem comfortable dropping off / pickup and my daughter has an apple watch with cellular so she can reach us even if she loses her phone or i can see where she is in general.

Wondering if am I worrying too much. They need to grow up and become independent but curious what other folks think. Thoughts?

Thanks!

NO! However, I did go to a waterpark with my friend when I was 16. We expereinced a few creepers while going but overall it was fun but nowadays NO! There are predators out there.

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Anonymous wrote:Bowie 6 flags is incredibly sketchy.

Not during the day it isn't.

+1 it gets weird at night but during the day it’s just families, same as any other place. And it’s not every weekend that’s bad either, it’s kind of unpredictable. And I grew up going to a different theme park and going alone with friends as a teen and that park could get sketchy at night too so it’s not just a Six Flags thing.

I would be ok with it as long as they left around dinner time. You could frame it as, leaving around 5-6 and then we’ll go out to dinner somewhere after.