Posted by Ross Cossar on August 31, 2009 at 01:26:24 user rlcossar.
In Reply to: Re: The boundaries of parental responsibility posted by Alex Forbes on August 30, 2009 at 05:38:58:
The lesson here is to follow ones plans and dreams without telling the world until afterwards. The state interferes far too much. I don't doubt the state would be onto Mrs Blackett and Mrs Walker nowadays for knowing and trusting their children.
This girl was raised in a freerange world that few of us can comprehend anymore (though we dream it vicariously in our favorite set of books).
I say let her sail away. If she makes it, which I see as a great possibility, fantastic. If not, then at least she had the guts to follow a dream.
As Alex mentions, sailing the world does not have to be defying death.