I am really tossed up about this, my first instinct is NO he is only 13. Does this not tread closely to "child endangerment.
But on the other hand when I was 13 my parents dropped me and my cousin off at Pinknam Notch to hike the Rock Pile. This became a tradition for the next few years 'til I had my licence. How many here had similar adventures as a kid. I have a strange feeling many here did.
100 years ago boys, young men left home at 13-16 to make a life for themselves. There was nothing called "adolescence. You were either a child or an adult. No period of foolishness and lack of responsibility. No excuse of "I'm a teenager".
At the ae of 17 George Washington was appointed as county surveyor where he went by himself into the wilds of Virginia, at 19 he was appointed as a major in the militia.
At 16-17 Joan of Arc led French forces in combat against the English and won! The list goes on and on and.........
I personally feel we as a society expect to little from "young adults" I would also recommend "Do Hard Things" by Alex and Brett Harris. reat book about teenage reballion against low expectations. My wife, 13yo daughter and I both have read it and found it very informative.
But on the other hand when I was 13 my parents dropped me and my cousin off at Pinknam Notch to hike the Rock Pile. This became a tradition for the next few years 'til I had my licence. How many here had similar adventures as a kid. I have a strange feeling many here did.
100 years ago boys, young men left home at 13-16 to make a life for themselves. There was nothing called "adolescence. You were either a child or an adult. No period of foolishness and lack of responsibility. No excuse of "I'm a teenager".
At the ae of 17 George Washington was appointed as county surveyor where he went by himself into the wilds of Virginia, at 19 he was appointed as a major in the militia.
At 16-17 Joan of Arc led French forces in combat against the English and won! The list goes on and on and.........
I personally feel we as a society expect to little from "young adults" I would also recommend "Do Hard Things" by Alex and Brett Harris. reat book about teenage reballion against low expectations. My wife, 13yo daughter and I both have read it and found it very informative.
