I just answered a question from a guest who was asking if it was okay to leave her 13-year-old son in the cabin alone while she and her husband enjoyed the night life and late night comedy shows. Obviously I suggested he attends Circle C our teen camp. I do not think it should be a problem, do you? If someone had asked me this question say 20 years ago it wouldve been a different answer. And I cannot help but remember that my parents would never have left me home alone at 13 years of age. If I’d been left at home alone when I was 13, I’d have been dead from electrocution within the hour. Come to think of it, if I were left at home aged 49 there’d be the same result in the same sort of time frame. We might like to think of a 13-year-old as some newborn Bambi, all slimy and incapable with wobbly legs, but it’s not like that these days. I know……..I have seen some 13-year- olds on the ships that look like anything but 13. It is quite amazing how that age group have changed. Just 10 or so years Carnival only had camp Carnival, no specific teen camps. . in those days kids of 13 wanted to go to and decorate cookies and watch cartoons and play with G I Joes. Today, many 13-year-olds can hot-wire a car, outrun the police, fight an entire army of aliens, drink a bottle of vodka without being sick and operate every mechanical and electrical device in the world… So……with that in mind…… They should have no trouble being left ins cabin with a TV remote control. Certainly, most 13-year-olds are far better able to fend for themselves than most 90-year-olds. And governments have no problems about leaving them all by themselves for week after interminable week with no help and no reliable means of reaching the toilet on time. Can a 90-year-old program a television or understand microwavable food? Ummmm ……. nope. Of course a 13-year-old cannot afford to pay for bills like heating and electricity ……. but at least he can use his lap top computer and hack into the power company’s accounts and adjust his bill to zero. Anyway, being left alone for a couple of hours in a cabin age 13, any concerns? Cheers.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:40:41 +0000
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