Reply #38: We read quite frequently here how 16, 18, and even 20 year olds don't [View All]

[Obamanaut]

have fully developed brains, so they don't recognize the folly of some of the things they do. This is especially true when someone posts about a youngster who has committed some lawbreaking event, a beating of someone else, etc.

This incomplete development is why the parents should have seen fit to disallow this around the world jaunt in a small boat on the open seas. Not good headwork by the parents or child.

And now, the parents have likely lost the child, and a huge amount will be spent on the search phase of the operation.