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juliaoceania -> RE: That 16 year old who went sailing... (6/13/2010 11:13:49 PM)
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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady
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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania
This girl might be fearless of the ocean, seeing she was raised on one, but she might not be so fearless in other circumstances.
Regardless of how much time she has spent in the ocean, if she claimed to be "fearless" of the ocean, she shouldn't have been allowed to go. Even the most experience sailors are not "fearless" of the ocean. They know how to respect it. Big difference. Someone who claims to be fearless of the ocean is a fool.
I suppose I did not state that correctly...I shall rephrase
She had significantly dealt with her fear of the ocean to set out to sail it, because she was raised on the ocean, and her parents had showed her the perils of the ocean to such an extent she felt she had the capacity to deal with what she encountered there...
Happy?
I was raised in the mountains, and from the time I was a toddler I was shown the perils of the forest, and yes there are perils there. There are poisons reptiles, bears, cougars, etc... because of my rearing I was confident in that environment. If you dropped me in the wilderness when I was 16 I would have made it out alive, why? Because I had been taught to...would my parents have allowed me to go off in the woods alone for days, never! Why? Because it is risky to hike alone, much less go off into the true wilderness by one's self.
Every year people show up dead where I grew up because they thought they could deal with real wilderness... I grew up next to Yosemite, and people get lost, fall down cliffs (or have cliffs fall on them) every year. It is recommended to not go alone, and even though i have done it, I wouldn't recommend it for just everybody, and I suppose this kid was prepared....like I am prepared to go off alone, but even experienced hikers get killed, and experienced sailors do too.
I respect their right to do what they believe is right by their children, but having some common sense in life and mitigating risks isn't something to be looked down on either. I do not think it is unreasonable to want your kids to have a buddy on a trail, and I do not think it is unreasonable to deny a teenager to sail alone around the world, I wouldn't let my kid do it, and if that makes my son and I a buncha pussies, I would rather be a living pussy than a dead hero.... If something ever happens to my son, just put a bullet in my head too, I do not want to be on an earth that doesn't include him... I am just selfish like that.
I wish her luck.... And even though I am a different sorta parent than her parents are, I am sure they believe they are doing right by her. I hope nothing happens to this gal, it would probably destroy her family, and that would be a double tragedy.... living with the guilt of encouraging her dream would not be something I would wish on my worst enemy, and these people obviously love their kids....
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