Kids Fly Southwest Without Telling Parents

I think it was a scam by the family to get a free trip and publicity. I hope they do a more detailed investigation of the parents and get to the bottom of this. I am sure they dont' want copy cats. How did they know how to buy a ticket and get a cab and pack and leave without any parental knowledge?

Yes, at times kids fly under the radar, BUT the "parental policy" should be, tell us where your at and where your going, AT ALL TIMES. Do you realize that thousand of "transition" kids going back and forth between parents each summer occurs and the "policy's" are the same and it's not been an issue. Yet hopefully the changes that will certianly come from this is everyone not logged as an unaccompanied minor will have an ID, for the safety of all issues from kidnapping, to run aways, to ill aim attacks. The primary fault lies both with the parents and the children, and not with the last hopeful means, the airline, of calibrating a very very very poor choice by a child who is old enough to earn money ensuring the safety of someone else's children.

The lessons we learn while we grow to adulthood. As the parent I would be very angry with the child. I would not however even think of asking the ariline to re-imburse the cost of the tickets. I understand thie policies but I would have expected the TSA to check ID's for these kids. This says very little for the security of the airports and the Federal Policies in force for Homeland Security. Hey Mr. Obama you need to tighten up your people. As for the kids-Makes me wonder how lax the rules are in the homes they live in and just how good their parents are at handling thier parenting responsibilities. At these ages these children should have been taught better responsibility.

PARENTS. That is what this all boils down to. What are they doing while their kids are off making plans to skip town??? Its the parent's responsibility to bring their kids up right and obviously someone is not doing their job. I love it when people try to place blame on someone else........watch your kids, stupid people. Know what they are doing. Think that because they are teens you can go to work, etc and not keep an eye?? When they are teens they need more supervision than ever. DUMB, period. Parents. Oh but now the publicity...and oh I am sure..a free trip to Dollywood is in store for these youngsters......

Wow, what on earth? I don't even let my 12 year old walk down the street by himself and the one boy was 11. Even when my older 2 were older than 12, I'm talking all the way through their teens, I still knew where they were. I made sure they were where they were suppose to be. They were not allowed to walk the streets like most kids do today unless they were walking to the little store up the street. I know how kids can be. I use to be one...lol. When I told my mother I would be up the street, up the street was anywhere. I even took a couple of friends to an amusement park with the money I saved from working. My mother had no clue and never figured it out because she never knew where I really was. She never really asked. I always told myself I would be the opposite with my kids and I am. Now my mother says I'm a drill sergeant with my kids.....no, I'm just being a caring parent.

We raised four and they all pulled stunts, not like that, but I would never fault the airline. We did the best we could do and they all turned out great and now have families of their own. I hope that they never feel like that they have to place the blame on someone else when their kids aren't perfect all the time.

I'd love to know the punishment these kids got...?? and what on earth they were thinking to pull this off?? did they not believe they'd be found out? kids can be so dumb sometimes.

they were all certainly old enough to know what they were doing wasn't exactly the best choice!

Thank God they made it home ok lesson learned move on

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Wow!!! Those kids have a sense of ADVENTURE and NO FEAR! Not the smartest thing to do as a 15 year old, but... no doubt, she's a go getter. Earned and saved $700 on her own, took the initiative to get in that taxi and board a plane to Dollywood. If I had children, there's no way I would want to find out that they had flown across 2 states without my knowing, and I am sure punishment of some kind would take place, but when this girl becomes an adult, NOTHING'S STOPPING HERE! She's livin' life!