Ok so basically, I think Abby’s parents were totally INSANE. Who in their right mind would let a 16 year-old girl go on a sailing voyage, ALONE, across the world. To me this is M I N D B L O W I N G. I think its a parents’ responsibility to keep their child/children safe at all costs. I feel that the parents put their child at risk by making the descion they did. Just because Abby, “Had the right tools to go on her journey,” doesn’t mean she was fully prepared and ready. When I listened to the interview of Abby’s parents opinion on their daughter sailing, it seemed as if they weren’t even a TAD worried about her AT ALL. Like the author of, “Ship of Fools” said, “Perhaps someone should have stepped in to impose some parenting standards” (found in the text of “Ship of Fools”), because the parents did not, (in my opinion), make the right decision.

In my life, I feel that it depends on who you are referring to. If you asked me if my mom is to protect or not protective enough, I would say she’s somewhere in the middle. I know that if I think of her as being, “too strict,” I think of some other parents or adults and think she isn’t that bad. I know that everything she does that I think is, “too strict,” is actually just to keep me safe. Also, like I said before, this doesn’t apply to every adult. Over all, I think that parents today, aren’t protective enough, though. Some parents will let their kids go anywhere without knowing anything about the situation and not care. Like the author of, “Ship of Fools” said, some parents really need to step up their game.

My opinion on Abby’s solo adventure was that it was foolish. I feel this way because I don’t think was she old enough to sail and this shows because she had to be rescued by others. If she was truly responsible and ready for her voyage, the rescue wouldn’t of had to happen. Also, just because she, “Had the right tools” doesn’t mean she was ready to take on this enormous voyage. In conclusion, I don’t think Abby was old enough or ready enough for her voyage.