"Good lord, I hope Fiona at age 12 would have more sense."
You mean the 12-year-old who isn't allowed off the block? You have to wander the streets before you can develop street smarts.
(Yes yes, I'm sure she wouldn't avoid people if she were lost in the wilderness. But there's no substitute for experience, especially experience at a developmental age. I was taking the subway, by myself, to school in New York when I was twelve.)
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Date: 2005-06-23 03:29 am (UTC)You mean the 12-year-old who isn't allowed off the block? You have to wander the streets before you can develop street smarts.
(Yes yes, I'm sure she wouldn't avoid people if she were lost in the wilderness. But there's no substitute for experience, especially experience at a developmental age. I was taking the subway, by myself, to school in New York when I was twelve.)
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