Comments on: Would You Let Your Teenager Do This? http://pugetsoundblogs.com/ckbeat/2008/11/12/would-you-let-your-teenager-do-this/ Conversation and information about the Central Kitsap community, moderated by Silverdale resident Jeff Brody. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:03:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sharon O'Hara http://pugetsoundblogs.com/ckbeat/2008/11/12/would-you-let-your-teenager-do-this/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Sharon O'Hara Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:54:54 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/ckbeat/?p=232#comment-406 I understand why the boy wanted to make the trip and why not? Anyone with a dream to do something best do it, not wait for another day. That 'another day' may never come. Brynn ... You could make such a trip IF you REALLY wanted to do it. OC has a great mountaineering course to help put anyone in 'survival mode' automatically when the time comes. (common sense and self control are leading components as are training and mind set) Talk to others who have sailed such trips...they'll be glad to help you live your dream trip. Do not - ever - take someone with you on such a trip if they are not 100 % for it. Leave them home and use your cell phone to stay in touch. My advise for what its worth. IF his parents are confident he knows as much as he could possibly know before such a trip...and if he was determined to go, they couldn't stop him. Are the parents paying for the trip? How is it being subsidized? Best wishes... Sharon O'Hara I understand why the boy wanted to make the trip and why not?
Anyone with a dream to do something best do it, not wait for another day.
That ‘another day’ may never come.

Brynn … You could make such a trip IF you REALLY wanted to do it.
OC has a great mountaineering course to help put anyone in ‘survival mode’ automatically when the time comes. (common sense and self control are leading components as are training and mind set)

Talk to others who have sailed such trips…they’ll be glad to help you live your dream trip.

Do not – ever – take someone with you on such a trip if they are not 100 % for it. Leave them home and use your cell phone to stay in touch. My advise for what its worth.

IF his parents are confident he knows as much as he could possibly know before such a trip…and if he was determined to go, they couldn’t stop him.

Are the parents paying for the trip? How is it being subsidized?

Best wishes… Sharon O’Hara

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