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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course!  [b]I'd feel like a failure of a parent if my children couldn't do this by about age 11![/b]

Go over with your kid at what point they should ask for help, and how to find appropriate people to ask for help.[/quote]

So your 11yo has navigated an unfamiliar airport by themselves? My son flies unaccompanied all the time, he's 13 and has been flying alone since 9, but no way would I be comfortable with someone dropping him off at the security line, in an unfamiliar airport, and him finding his gate and boarding by himself.

Most airlines require that until 15 the child is accompanied to the gate by a parent/approved person and that person waits until the plane is wheels up.[/quote]

Yes, here's how I teach this: we walk into the airport, and I say "Okay, you tell me what to do from now until the plane takes off. Every step of the way."  They think it's fun to get to order me around, to say things to me that I've said to them and to be in charge. We generally start doing this around age 7, and so by 11 they can absolutely figure their way around an unfamiliar place. And they are comfortable getting a little lost, figuring out how to get unlost, finding the right people to ask for help, etc. [/quote]

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