Anonymous
03/02/2024 14:03
Subject: Re:would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
Why aren’t they in high school (senior year) or college (freshman year)?
Anonymous
03/02/2024 14:01
Subject: would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
Anonymous wrote:In general I would say yes to this situation as OP has described it.
That said, my husband and I are extensive travelers and our experience in Vietnam was one of the more challenging. One example: We got into a semi-scary fight with a cab driver who tried to scam us. My husband shouted back and we got out of the cab he had locked - but not sure how two teens would have handled that. I was pretty unnerved. Other things made it hard too - it wasn’t just that.
I wouldn’t have the same concerns with Bali, Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, etc…
I’ve also traveled a lot and this was not my experience at all in Vietnam. The opposite - some of the nicest people of the many countries I’ve been.
Anonymous
03/02/2024 13:59
Subject: would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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!
+1000
OP you are asking the wrong crowd. These moms probably still cut their 17 year olds grapes.
Absolutely let him go. He sounds mature and capable. There is zero reason to say no.
+1 this is probably not the right crowd to ask. As a parent you know your kid best and what life experience they have. Are they going to college in the fall? If so than definitely a yes for me. My sister and I travelled to Europe for a few weeks the summer she graduated high school and I graduated college.
If going into senior year I would really defer to you as a parent. But generally pps are right that this crowd and frankly most parents these days are farrrr too tightly gripped around their kids independence
Anonymous
03/02/2024 13:40
Subject: would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
In general I would say yes to this situation as OP has described it.
That said, my husband and I are extensive travelers and our experience in Vietnam was one of the more challenging. One example: We got into a semi-scary fight with a cab driver who tried to scam us. My husband shouted back and we got out of the cab he had locked - but not sure how two teens would have handled that. I was pretty unnerved. Other things made it hard too - it wasn’t just that.
I wouldn’t have the same concerns with Bali, Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, etc…
That said, my husband and I are extensive travelers and our experience in Vietnam was one of the more challenging. One example: We got into a semi-scary fight with a cab driver who tried to scam us. My husband shouted back and we got out of the cab he had locked - but not sure how two teens would have handled that. I was pretty unnerved. Other things made it hard too - it wasn’t just that.
I wouldn’t have the same concerns with Bali, Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, etc…
Anonymous
03/02/2024 13:38
Subject: would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
Absolutely not
He will be an adult soon enough, and if he goes as an adult .... and finances it himself, that's very different.
He will be an adult soon enough, and if he goes as an adult .... and finances it himself, that's very different.
Anonymous
03/02/2024 13:38
Subject: would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
No. And my spouse is Viet.
Anonymous
03/02/2024 13:36
Subject: would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
Yes - I think this would be a great experience. Since you’re considering it, I assume you’ve encouraged independence and have allowed your son to explore and make mistakes and learn. This would be an extension of that.
Anonymous
03/02/2024 13:33
Subject: would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
Anonymous wrote:AND Vietnam is way safer than the United States. What is everyone here so afraid of?
Jesus lord this is DCUM. Easier to ask what they’re NOT afraid of.
Anonymous
03/02/2024 13:33
Subject: would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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!
+1000
OP you are asking the wrong crowd. These moms probably still cut their 17 year olds grapes.
Absolutely let him go. He sounds mature and capable. There is zero reason to say no.
Exactly. OP, you know your kid best.
Anonymous
03/02/2024 13:32
Subject: would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
AND Vietnam is way safer than the United States. What is everyone here so afraid of?
Anonymous
03/02/2024 13:32
Subject: would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
You don't need to speak Vietnamese to get around Vietnam, for chrissakes. There is an extensive tourism infrastructure and non-Vietnamese (or even non-Asian) backpackers are everywhere. It's a well-trod destination for young people.
Anonymous
03/02/2024 13:32
Subject: would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
But why does this matter? Do you have to be 18 to travel?
It doesn’t matter. At all.
Anonymous
03/02/2024 13:31
Subject: would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
Anonymous wrote: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!
+1000
OP you are asking the wrong crowd. These moms probably still cut their 17 year olds grapes.
Absolutely let him go. He sounds mature and capable. There is zero reason to say no.
Anonymous
03/02/2024 13:29
Subject: would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
Do they speak vietnsmese?
Are their contacts adults living there and part of the community? Family?
Then yes
Are their contacts adults living there and part of the community? Family?
Then yes
Anonymous
03/02/2024 13:26
Subject: would you allow your 17 year old and friend to travel alone in Vietnam for 2 weeks?
Anonymous wrote: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.
But why does this matter? Do you have to be 18 to travel?