The other day I saw a cartoon about Abby Sunderland. A young girl asks her parents if she can go out to the movies with her friends and they interrogate her as to how many girls will be there with her. Then Abby asks permission from her parents to sail around the world solo and they respond, lackadaisically, "whatever" as they remain glued to the television.
An article in the Huffington Post asks, Abby Sunderland Rescue: Who Should Pay?
The first day Abby Sunderland was stranded in the Southern Ocean, Australia's rescue agency chartered a jet to fly over the area where her emergency beacon was activated.
The 11-hour flight cost an estimated 110,000 Australian dollars (US $94,500).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/17/abby-sunderland-rescue-wh_n_615821.html
Today an article provides details of a young girl who wants to be the youngest to sail solo around the world.
A 14-year-old Dutch girl who wants to become the youngest person to sail solo around the globe will remain under state supervision for another month, a court ruled Thursday, days after a California teenager was rescued during a similar attempt.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100617/ap_on_re_eu/eu_netherlands_young_sailor
Contrast the parents' attitudes with the attitude of the Jewish mother below who said that Jewish mothers worry about everything. "If one of my sons is late, I can write scenarios of what has happened to him that Hollywood would give millions to hear."
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