[GB]

1. The age of 18 doesn't automatically translate into "young adulthood," IMHO, regardless of whether one can vote, drink, work or fight in a war at that age. I think adulthood encompasses many things, not just chronological age.

2. Referring to another post, as far as chapherones, correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the mayor of Mountain Brook say on Larry King the other night that these seven people WERE NOT chapherones, that they were considered "facilitators" to try to help make things easier for the kids, but that there were no actual chapherones and that the parents who sent their kids on this trip knew that up front?

[kabar]

1. The age of 18 doesn't automatically translate into "young adulthood," IMHO, regardless of whether one can vote, drink, work or fight in a war at that age. I think adulthood encompasses many things, not just chronological age.

I am talking about one's status under the law. We can debate whether someone is an adult at age 30, 50, or 90 using your definition, but it begs the question and is not relevant. Unless she was mentally impaired and incapable of looking after herself, she was a young adult.

2. Referring to another post, as far as chapherones, correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the mayor of Mountain Brook say on Larry King the other night that these seven people WERE NOT chapherones, that they were considered "facilitators" to try to help make things easier for the kids, but that there were no actual chapherones and that the parents who sent their kids on this trip knew that up front?

I have no idea, but "facilitator" makes sense to me. 18 year olds should not require a chaperone. If they have the money, an 18 year old American can get on a plane and go anywhere he/she wants to, including Aruba.