would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?

[Anonymous]

It depends on what "numerous contacts" mean. If it means someone who would show up if they were in an emergency room, or missed a flight, then yes.

If not, then I'd start with a country that's easier for a parent to get to if something went really wrong.

[Anonymous]

People in Vietnam are, for the most part, warm and kind. I backpacked there as a single woman in my early 20s. But you do need street smarts. How street smart is your kid? His friend? How quickly would they pick up on suspected scams, for example?

Over the summers, there are many teenaged backpackers in Vietnam and SEA as a whole, many from Europe and Australia. It really would depend on your kid's personality and appetite for risk (you'd want a lower appetite, to be clear).

[Anonymous]

Are you insane?

[Anonymous]

Depends on how much experience your kids have traveling, and how much Vietnamese they know how to speak.

[Anonymous]

Don’t know why you did all the groundwork if you’re still not sure on them going.
I wouldn’t let my DD at 17.
I might have unreasonable biases though because I’d probably let her do Western Europe

[Anonymous]

Probably no.

Are either of them of Vietnamese decent and speak Vietnamese fluently? Have they been there before(with parents) and this is a return trip? If those "boxes" are "ticked" I would ponder it, otherwise it doesn't sound like a good idea.

I would consider it for UK and Western Europe.

[Anonymous]

no

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

Hello no

[Anonymous]

Yes! This is a great experience for a mature worldly young adult. This is how you learn to be an adult, people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes! This is a great experience for a mature worldly young adult. This is how you learn to be an adult, people.

Yea! Wow! Yes!

*This is why we have a mental health crisis among you adults..THIS is an exact example of letting go and allowing them to be free! Yes! Resounding yes!

[Anonymous]

“Early fall?” Why wouldn’t they be in school?

[Anonymous]

I don't get all the "nos.". What's the issue? I'd absolutely let my almost 18 year old do this.

[Anonymous]

No. Can they not travel around the US? Travel out west? Travel the southeast?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't get all the "nos.". What's the issue? I'd absolutely let my almost 18 year old do this.

Because at 17 they are still a minor child.