would you allow your teenage daughter to do THIS?
My eldest daughter is 22 and is in Phuket, Thailand teaching English. In june my daughter, who will be 16 at the time; is dying to go visit her and see the beautiful beaches. My question is, she would fly from PHL to Bangkok and have to take a plane to Phuket, which is only an hour but thats not what worries me. Do you think its safe? I feel like if the plane is delayed, than she'll miss her fly to phuket and she'll be in Bangkok all by herself, I mean its a long flight. Would you allow your teenager to do this? She'd be in Bangkok all by herself and than have to fly to Phuket...i just dont know.Shes not nervous, shes flown before but I'm not sure if it sounds like a good idea, I'd feel like something would go wrong. What would you do? She'll probably never have this oppurtunity again, but I feel like so much could go wrong. well she'd be in the bangkok AIRPORT, not the city but im still not sure. Maybe I can hire an escort?
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She's 16....she's almost an adult. Let her go. It's the experience of a lifetime!!
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I don't think I could do that and Bangkok is a pretty dangerous place. Lots of drugs and prostitution, if she gets stuck there. Will your older daughter be back to visit? If so, let her go with her sister.
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No way. If your daughter wants to travel and see the world in her teen years she can join a summer exchange student program where her flights will be supervised by adults. In todays society I am not sure I would let a 16 year old fly across the US by herself let alone international.
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You've got to let your kids go at some point. As long as she is sensible, even if it goes wrong it can be a valuable learning experience.
5 :
Why can't someone go with her? Like a relative or friend would be a better idea than alone. She would probably feel better knowing someone is there also.
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I think if you dont let her go she will find a way to define you and go anyway! she needs to kno you trust her and she will not go off and dosomething dangeriouse without you cause she kno's these options are open to descusion and consideration!
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I think you should let her go. Not only does she miss her sister, but this will be a great oppurtunity. You can expect something to go wrong from loosing luggage to getting a flight delayed. Let her be a big girl. If she needs help or gets lost, she can always call you or her sister for help.
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if you have a gut instict about anything-don't let her go. i learned to trust mine along time ago (gut) the option to hire an escort is a great one. that would ease your mind and be safer for her. is your 19 year old responsibile and mature? can your rely upon her to pick her up and be there when she is supposed to be? if so i would hire someone if you can, and let her go. if you can't, i would wait a while and see if you feel better about it.
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do not let her go alone natalie halloway ,need i say more
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While it is the opportunity of a life time I would not let my child go alone, period. You have instincts for a reason, trust them. With all that goes on now days, there is always a threat on international flights not to mention being at an airport alone in a huge city like that. I would rather my child hate me for a few months than to risk it.
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What a great opportunity! I traveled a lot as a teenager (16-18ish) when my older sister and brother moved around the globe (china, ecuador, india, peru, and guatemala and africa... all of which i got to visit!!!!) they did mission trips and taught as well. My parents were hesitant to let me go in the beginning but trusted me and knew where I was going and I had the time of my life! Traveling is such an awesome experience for a young person and the fact that she has this opportunity is amazing! Let her go and experience this! If it were my daughter, I would let her go :]
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Description : would you allow your teenage daughter to do THIS? My eldest daughter is 22 and is in Phuket, Thailand teaching English. In june my daughte...