Tweens like my daughter love Taylor so much they’re taking her name for Confirmation, but it’s hell for parents who can’t get tickets

Plus how to avoid scams and frauds on the resale market

Taylor Swift fan, Saorla Harrington and her mother Patrice.

Patrice Harrington

Solidarity to the Swiftie parents among you. Especially the ­fellow ticketless. It’s a wild ride, isn’t it?

We never even managed a code in the end. No doubt this was down to some terrible parental lapse on my part, of which there have been several as a Swiftie-mam.