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[quote=Anonymous]I'm inclined to want them to have at least a year of college under belt before going on a long backpacking trip. You learn so much about independence as well as sharing close quarters with friends and non-family members in that first year of college, and that really helps with a backpacking trip with friends.

But I would not rule out a post high school trip. I actually did one too. I travelled in the UK for six weeks before matriculating at college but two of those weeks were with my parents, and the other four had me regularly staying with family friends and relatives with a few days in hostels here and there, and my parents were also in the same country for another week as well, so they were reasonably close by. I had wonderful time as did my best friend who came with me. It was a perfect balance. But we were also a bit geeky. Having a pint on our own was daring! Even if I didn't like beer at all  :lol:

If I knew my kid was regularly drinking and partying in high school I'm not quite sure what I would do, however. I've seen and heard of too many tales of kids going wild. I certainly knew people who viewed these European backpacking trip as an excuse to drink and do drugs and have lots of sex. Every single night. If I had a child who I suspected was inclined in that direction, I'd probably insist on at least a year of college in hopes for extra maturity to kick in. [/quote]

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