13-year old girl wants to sail around the world...alone

[BikeDutchess]

My goodness, and here I'm worrying about letting my newly-licensed daughter drive herself 5 miles to school...

I thought the comment someone made in response to this article was right on:

She shouldn’t go — not only for safety reasons and questions about the judgment of a 14-year-old, no matter how good a sailor, but for the sheer fact that children (and she is still a child) should learn that you have to wait for some things. Why do we push everything earlier and earlier so we have 2-year-olds with art in prominent galleries and 14-year-olds crossing oceans? What’s the hurry?

Although I have to admit Dove is still one of my favorite books...