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[quote=Anonymous]My DS who will be a rising senior this summer is trying to plan an unsupervised trip with his friends this summer.  Initially he wanted to go to Italy, and we put the brakes on that idea.  Now he wants to go to stay at a friend's family home in the Bahamas for two weeks with no adult supervision...just him and a couple of girls and guys.  All will be age 17 or younger.

My DS is extremely upset that I am not letting him go on this trip.  I know at least one other parent who is also against it and there are probably more.  The only parent I know for sure is agreeing is the parent with the home in the Bahamas.  I even offered to go and chaperone, but he doesn't want any part of that.  It's not like he hasn't had chances to be away from home either.  For example last summer he spent 3 weeks in a pre college program 7 hours away from us.  He is comparing that to his being in the Bahamas with his friends.  Somehow I don't see the similarities.

Am I being overprotective?  I always thought that I might let him do something on his own after his senior year, but this just seems too soon.  A lot of maturity comes along in just one year and I feel he will be more ready then.  But he obviously feels differently and is very angry that I am not agreeing.
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