14 years old. Family vacation. West texas. We ran out of gas. My dad has to stay with car and rest of family. So he tells me (14!) to hitch hike into the next town and get help. I did!
You were expendable.
I have a friend who at 14 took a 6-8 week bicycle tour with his 16 year old brother and a buddy.
His mom told him he had to go to watch over his older brother