I really wonder about all you folks. I was on my own in strange cities (Chicago, and other mid-west cities) when I was 11 years old. I got dropped off by a tour bus one time at the wrong address and managed to figure out what to do myself. My daughter (first child) was flying by herself when she was seven years old. She would visit my parents in Florida. In fact she visited them down there before I did; and when we all went as a family some months later she directed me from the airport to their building. She traveled to Europe to visit an aunt by herself when she was 11. She told us she could do these things and we knew she could. I feel sorry for people who treat their kids as if they were idiots.
ML/NJ
Interestingly enough (assuming we are talking commercial carrier), my kids were doing the same thing back and forth across the country. I never thought that was putting there life at risk and is not the same thing we are talking about on this thread.
“. I feel sorry for people who treat their kids as if they were idiots.”
Anyone can do things when things go well. It is when they go wrong that experience is needed. We, as a civilized nation and society, believe children are to be protected by adults with the experience to keep them from harms way.