15 yr old flying alone

[Crankin]

Yep, my kids went to overnight camp at ages 8/10. They went together. When I grew up, I was the only one who didn't go (my family rented a beach house) to camp. I always felt on the outside when everyone else talked about their summer camp experiences. I wish I had gone to language immersion camp!
A funny experience to relate: When I first moved back to the Boston area, my kids were 5 and almost 8. I took them into town on the commuter rail and trolley, and I remember walking across the Boston Common and saying, "OK, we'll take this other trolley station back to the rail line." My kids asked me in awe how I knew where to go. I replied that I had been doing this when I was 11 and you don't lose your memory for where the stops are!
My older son started taking the train into Boston, with friends when he was about 14 or 15. It was "shocking" to some of his friend's parents that I let him do this. Since he had been using public transportation with me since he was little, it was no big deal. His fiancee told me she rode the city bus to school when she was 7, and even had responsibility for younger kids on the bus when she was 8 or 9.
And I don't buy that "things are different today."