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When I was 15 years old in the 1970s, I went a 100 mile backpacking trip with five youth between 15 and 16 years old. We thought it was normal at the time. When
by BarkMore 10y ago
When I was 15 years old in the 1970s, I went a 100 mile backpacking trip with five youth between 15 and 16 years old. We thought it was normal at the time. When I told my younger colleagues at work about this trip, they were shocked that our parents sent us off without adult supervision. There was also some concern that we went on this trip without a mobile phone!
- ghaff 10y agoI suspect that a lot of people today would be seriously bothered by the fact that mobile phones and other forms of emergency contact just weren't an option until relatively recently. I also went to college at 16 which I suspect would horrify some people today.