If you lived in a quite neighborhood, would you consider it safe to let an 11-year-old walk from your house to a friend’s house at night by herself if you were watching from the porch to make sure she made it there safely?

The two moms in this story completely disagree about whether or not this is safe, and their disagreement is impacting their daughters.

Let’s see how the story unfolds.

AITA for not walking my daughter’s friend home?

My daughter, Rowan (11), recently hosted her very first sleepover.

She invited her best friend, Amanda (almost 11), who lives just across the street and two houses down from us.

They did all the classic sleepover activities: pizza, popcorn, a movie, face masks, and nail polish.

Everything was going perfectly—until around 11 p.m. when Rowan came into our bedroom to let me know Amanda was homesick and wanted to go home.

Amanda went home.

I went to check on Amanda, and while she assured me she was having fun, she really wanted her mom.

Fair enough.

I texted her mom, Susan, to let her know what was happening, and she said it was fine for Amanda to come home.

So Amanda packed up her things, and I walked her to the porch.

From there, I watched her walk the short distance to her house and go inside safely before heading back inside myself.

Susan was NOT happy.

The next day, I ran into Susan while she was out walking in the neighborhood.

I asked how Amanda was doing, and… well, Susan was furious.

Apparently, Amanda had been upset about leaving early, but what really got Susan’s blood boiling was that I didn’t walk her to the door.

She berated me for letting her child “walk home alone, at night, in the cold, with the potential of God-knows-what happening to her”.

It never crossed OP’s mind that there was an issue.

For context, we live in a quiet cul-de-sac in a safe neighborhood.

I stood on the porch the entire time and watched Amanda walk into her house before going inside.

Amanda didn’t seem scared or hesitant, and she never asked me to walk with her.

To be honest, it didn’t even occur to me that this would be an issue—when I was a kid, I would walk all over by myself.

Sure, I know times have changed, but I genuinely thought this was fine.

She wonders if she messed up.

Susan didn’t see it that way.

She’s still furious and has been telling neighbors I put Amanda in danger.

Despite my apologies to both her and Amanda, she’s banned the girls from playing together.

Now I’m left wondering—was I wrong not to walk Amanda to her front door? AITA?

Wow! It sounds like Susan really overreacted.

I wonder what Amanda told her when she got home.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

This is a very good point.

She wasn’t in any danger.

This mom agrees that she didn’t do anything wrong.

Seriously, the girl’s mom should’ve picked her up.

Another mom shares a similar (but not dramatic) story.

That mom sounds like she’s just trying to create drama!

Chill out, lady.

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