Posted by Mike Dennis on January 06, 2007 at 14:01:01 from 81.79.171.163 user MTD.
In Reply to: Re: Commander Walker style upbringing posted by Peter Ceresole on January 06, 2007 at 11:35:14:
You're both right in some senses, but I do still tend to view the books as I did as a child. In SA yes they had their father's permission and their mother helped get things ready but once they set sail it was up to them. Mother did not visit the island on a regular basis to check on things.
Though in the later books Captain Flint is involved he is more one of them than an interfering adult. To me as a child reader this world where children did what they wanted without adult supervision etc seemed such an attractive way of life!