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re: Hypothetical spring break trip for teenagers
Posted on 2/18/26 at 8:43 pm to Napoleon
Posted on 2/18/26 at 8:43 pm to Napoleon
quote:
I went to Cancun at 17 without parents on a senior trip.
Hiking seems tame
Time are different.
Back then, if someone saw those girls in trouble, they would help.
Today they would…
1. Ignore
2. Sit back and film to post on social media
3. Avoid involvement out of fear of lawsuits
4. Be a predator
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Posted on 2/18/26 at 8:45 pm to Darth_Vader
They aren’t actually going to west Virginia.
Posted on 2/18/26 at 8:46 pm to Darth_Vader
Nope, the parents need their arse kicked.
Posted on 2/18/26 at 8:49 pm to Darth_Vader
No 
Posted on 2/18/26 at 8:53 pm to Darth_Vader
I could think of way worse places to go/things to do....
OTOH.....
OTOH.....
Posted on 2/18/26 at 8:56 pm to LouisianaLady
quote:
I mean absolutely zero offense by this, but I always pictured you were like 65.
You’re only off by a decade.
Posted on 2/18/26 at 9:01 pm to Darth_Vader
Hell no. None of us Gen X kids went on a week-long trip alone at 16. Ever. Boys of girls.
Posted on 2/18/26 at 9:05 pm to Darth_Vader
Hell Naw she ain’t going
Posted on 2/18/26 at 9:06 pm to Darth_Vader
I lived in the my car in the parking lot next to the Ramada Inn in Fort Walton Beach the entire summer I was 17.
I did not meet one girl that I would have wanted to be my daughter.
I did not meet one girl that I would have wanted to be my daughter.
Posted on 2/18/26 at 9:18 pm to Darth_Vader
quote:
Let’s say you have a daughter, she turned 17 a few months ago, would you allow her and fellow barely 17 year old female classmate drive over 500 miles and 3 states away to go camping and hiking at a National Forest in West Virginia all by themselves?
Hell No!
Posted on 2/18/26 at 9:23 pm to Darth_Vader
I would let my daughter go.
Because I would also be there camping.
If all you want to do is camp and hike then us being near enough to respond to an emergency shouldn't be an issue.
I gave my children enough freedom that they still invite us on vacation with them.
Because I would also be there camping.
If all you want to do is camp and hike then us being near enough to respond to an emergency shouldn't be an issue.
I gave my children enough freedom that they still invite us on vacation with them.
Posted on 2/18/26 at 9:32 pm to madamsquirrel
This thread eases my mind that I’m not crazy and overprotective when it comes to my daughter because hell will freeze over before I’d let her go on this trip.
Posted on 2/18/26 at 9:35 pm to Darth_Vader
Spent a week at PCB in ‘91 for Senior Trip. Flash forward to 2015 and my daughter asked me if she could go to PCB for her Senior Trip. Answer was a definite HELL NO.
Posted on 2/18/26 at 9:36 pm to Darth_Vader
I let my daughter drive to Florida as a SR, but to go stay at a condo with her friend and her parents. Roughly 4 hrs away. She was 18 and we did speak to the parents just to confirm this was all legit.
Posted on 2/18/26 at 9:39 pm to Darth_Vader
quote:HELL NO
would you allow her
Posted on 2/18/26 at 9:44 pm to Darth_Vader
Those parents need to go through all of their daughter’s texts/social media messages, because it’s more likely their actual plan is to meet one or more guys they are messaging with.
Teenagers aren’t driving 8+ hours to simply hike. There’s a hidden agenda.
Teenagers aren’t driving 8+ hours to simply hike. There’s a hidden agenda.
Posted on 2/18/26 at 9:45 pm to Darth_Vader
My friend's and I, along with half the high school kids in Nola, went to Spring Break in Panama City every year from 10th grade thru college. Completely unsupervised. This was the 90's though, so we weren't a pansy generation.
How responsible are these girls? Are they into the outdoors and have been camping before? Will it be a state park type campground? Those are safe. Or out in the wilderness on their own?
If I knew my kid and her friend's were outdoorsy and had camped before, are good kids, etc. Yes, I'd let them go, with the stipulation that they'd have a tracker on their phone and would check in every few days. I'd make them tell me exactly where they would be camping too.
How responsible are these girls? Are they into the outdoors and have been camping before? Will it be a state park type campground? Those are safe. Or out in the wilderness on their own?
If I knew my kid and her friend's were outdoorsy and had camped before, are good kids, etc. Yes, I'd let them go, with the stipulation that they'd have a tracker on their phone and would check in every few days. I'd make them tell me exactly where they would be camping too.
Posted on 2/18/26 at 10:09 pm to Darth_Vader
My Dad brain goes to what could go wrong and can they handle?
Car trouble (flat tire, mechanical, etc)
Driving 8+ hours (construction, 18 wheelers, weather, etc), sleep
Bad people/guys out for bad news
No cell connection
Wildlife / hiking with or without protection (gun, mace, etc)
Hurt on hike…twisted ankle…
Sounds like parents who worked since kids were infants (never attached) and put themselves first (still not fully attached). Dulled/numb to idea of their kids (girls) 500 miles away…
My money is the parents are swingers. The pineapple nasty all weekend rules them.
Car trouble (flat tire, mechanical, etc)
Driving 8+ hours (construction, 18 wheelers, weather, etc), sleep
Bad people/guys out for bad news
No cell connection
Wildlife / hiking with or without protection (gun, mace, etc)
Hurt on hike…twisted ankle…
Sounds like parents who worked since kids were infants (never attached) and put themselves first (still not fully attached). Dulled/numb to idea of their kids (girls) 500 miles away…
My money is the parents are swingers. The pineapple nasty all weekend rules them.
Posted on 2/18/26 at 10:49 pm to Mr.Perfect
quote:
One of those girls is going to meet up with some dude they met online. Thats got disaster written all over it.
This is actually very plausible.
Posted on 2/18/26 at 10:51 pm to Napoleon
quote:same
I went to Cancun at 17 without parents on a senior trip. Hiking seems tame
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