Posted on 06/14/2010 9:50:22 AM PDT by Ron C.
Here's a dose of reality.
The father of teen sailor Abby Sunderland told The NY Post that he's broke and had signed a contract to do a reality show, "Adventures in Sunderland," about his family of daredevil kids weeks after she set off on her doomed and dangerous solo sail around the globe.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I fondly remember those days back in Boy Scout Camp, and realize that many of those ‘rituals’ we happily performed would be considered child abuse these days.
Yet, it is what helped us ‘grow up’ and become real men.
Some people have no idea what dedication to a goal is all about. I remember being ‘on silence’. Rare is the person, these days, who is able to ‘keep their tongue’ for days on end, whilst those around them are doing everything in their power to make them talk.
Yeah.... but if you make it, you go down in the history books. She did get halfway.
That in itself is a great accomplishment.
Show me the difference between that and Dad selling a reality show featuring his kid. And he was selling BEFORE she set sail.
Sponsoship Document PDF On page 3,under Documentary and Television.
The Sunderland family is currently pursuing the possibility of a nationally broadcast television show based on the families adventures. The Sunderland family is also documenting the trip with a professional film crew to create a documentary on the journey to distribute after the completion of the journey
Now THAT is something I can agree with. Even though I still think that she and her parent's had the RIGHT to make that decision.
You say that you won’t demean her, and yet you call her a “dreamy, romantic teenager.”
No, she is a young woman who is motivated more than most teens to take on difficult things. And largely because of that, she is ridiculed.
Yes. But I object to the reason her parents allowed it. Hawking your child is not good parenting. That is not a great accomplishment. Abby may grow up to be a fine young woman DESPITE her parents.
Since you do not speak for Abby, nor are you psychic, how can you justify that remark?
her parents risking her life for a huge reality show contract.
Although that may not be the ONLY reason for her parent's 'enthusiasm', it surely is a poor one.
Or one that an unemployed man with seven children decides to risk.
Had she made it, what would one say?
And you think that's demeaning? How many 16 year old girls have you known? 16 year olds have their whole life ahead of them and they ARE romantic and dreamy.
No, she is a young woman who is motivated more than most teens to take on difficult things. And largely because of that, she is ridiculed.
Nope. Ridiculing her parents for hawking her. See the link in post 243.
And that's the real issue here.
It's the classic sixties liberal mentality that someone should be free to do whatever their heart desires - and then having adults clean up the wreckage later.
And yet these 'experts' don't know how to do a simple GOOGLE to find out for themselves whether she took along reading material. I believe it was widely publicized that she had a website, where she described what she was doing on board.
Who , then, is truly 'ignorant'?
My comparing a 12-year-old sailor to a 16-year-old sailor is “stupid”? They both exhibited great competency navigating the seas at a young age. Oh, and when Farragut was 16, his ship lost its topmast and was consequently captured by the enemy; he fought bravely and was wounded in that battle. At 16.
FWIW, he had entered the Navy as a midshipman when he was 9 years old.
Again, though this was a dangerous venture and some mistakes were made (by her father, and by her, and by others), there is no need to diminish her attempt. Teens have been doing great things since the beginning. We shouldn’t have such low expectations.
It was in an article that she was reading a lot. I also read that she had to leave everything behind.
Well, maybe she will pick a better route, considering that she has 2 years before she would be too old to set the record.
Not matter how motivated a teen is, they need oversight and parenting to temper judgment and provide guidance.
I’ve asked earlier, at what age would an attempt like this be considered too young?
15? 14? 10? 5? What age?
They find it more fun to ridicule her than to admire her. That makes them feel better, I suppose. Hmf.
How do you know it wasn't a rogue wave?
In any case, it was a single wave that broke the mast.... cause it only happens once.
Someone said Dekker was starting out this September. My concern is that to keep breaking the record, sailors will get younger. It has to end somewhere.
And many thousands died for every Farragut.
Because early articles stated that she was battered by waves until one broke her mast. It stated 30' waves and 60 knot winds.
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