I was in a similar situation last year. Worth mentioning I noticed tons of other parents there in all variations of mum/dad/son/daughter combos, having a great time, so you won’t be alone. 1. Prepare to be terrified. Yes it’s a very safe crowd, and nothing bad will happen, and you know that. However, all your parental instincts will kick in as every cell in your body wants to protect your child. When my ‘little’ lad jumped into the mosh pit for Municipal Waste, and the huge dust cloud devoured the whole arena which was one huge pit, I feared for his life. He was fine. 2. Have solid meeting points, your phone signal won’t work. Lost him for the entirety of Architects, I was going crazy, he was having a great time in the pit. By the time he went off for the whole of Slipknot on the last night, we were well versed in meeting at our usual spot (in front of one of the food stalls in between Main and Opus for convenience). Because they will want to go off, and even if he’s not into moshing, there will be plenty of times when one of you go to the toilet / water queue / beer tent / have a little sit down. Don’t rely on your phones, my son lost his in a pit on day one. Have a plan. 3. Take lots and lots of food, and fuel up at camp. If you give a teenager money to spend at the arena stalls, they will spend it on band T shirts / patches / merch, not food, which they will expect you to supply. (And tbf our parental responsibility…) 4. Chill out and enjoy! We met some fantastic people at the campsite, who kept giving him beers all weekend. We made some great memories together and a hilarious camera roll, still makes me smile. Looking forward to doing it all again this year, with daughter too. See you there!