I suppose they're thinking that the experience will be valuable to them in college or adult life - a "check in the box" that sets one college applicant or job applicant apart from others.
Perhaps they don't think about their teenage children, especially boys, being sexual prey for adults. Or they think their child has too much sense to be a victim, not understanding the dynamic involved with a powerful adult figure, a young person away from home, etc.
Anyway, my first instinct would be to attribute positive motives to a parent. A few years ago, I might not have thought about all the possibilities, myself!
I'm not just worried about possible sexual abuse. There's the drugs, the booze, the corruption. I wouldn't let a minor anywhere near that cesspool. I still think those parents need their heads examined.
You are exactly correct!
I was an intern BEFORE it was a porn star role.
Seriously, though, pages are a lot younger than interns. Typically, interns are college age and pages are high schoolers.
An internship usually lasts for the summer or over a semester and the page position is the same amount of time, I believe.
At any rate, the experience was invaluable for me. I never looked back after my summer in Washington DC. It helped me to hone in on what I wanted to do -- taught me as much about what I didn't want to do for a career as well.
Despite the negative media hype, I would still highly recommend it.
Well, I live here. I was a teenage boy once. I have had advances from obnoxious queers. Its not a reason to stop living - or to tell my son to stop living. Besides, talking about sexual predators and teenage boys - well.......