Here we go again...Another teenage girl wants to sail solo around the world

[Contrary1]

"THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The mother of a 14-year-old Dutch girl who wants to sail solo around the world said in an open letter published Saturday she has given up her opposition to her daughter's planned trip.

Laura Dekker's dream of becoming the youngest person to sail alone around the globe has been thwarted by a Dutch court that last year made her a ward of the state amid concerns over her physical ability and her social development if she is isolated and out of school for months.

Dekker's mother, Babs Mueller, wrote in an open letter published in the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper that she no longer opposes the voyage.

"I know she can do it, she's a strong girl who does not give up easily," Mueller wrote. "Of course no mother on earth likes it if her daughter goes to sea alone. I will have sleepless nights from the worry, but this is about Laura and how I can help her."

More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38288903/ns/world_news-europe/

[TexasObserver]

1. Another case of deficient parenting.

What kind of parent allows their 14 year old to make such decisions? They don't even get to drive the car, or decide when it is driven.

[DrDan]

2. I would have thought 1 reality show about teen-age girl sailers would have been enough

guess there is a market . . . .

[davidinalameda]

3. are you the girl's father or mother?

if not, your opinion doesn't matter

[seabeyond]

6. of coruse it doesnt matter, but no reason an opinion cannot be had, nor discussion made.

silliness... are you her parent, ergo.... stfu

discussion board.

[Urban Prairie]

4. "but this is about Laura and how I can help her."

Really?

Or is it more about the potential of profiting from her possibly successful circumnavigation of the globe?

[Upton]

5. Are the parents going to pay

for any search and rescue operation that may be forthcoming? If they are...then I don't care.

[seabeyond]

7. i hear ya. nt