All children should be the same. No one should be allowed to do anything that the general public disapproves of.
Meanwhile, half the kids graduating public schools are functional illiterates, but at least they aren't doing anything risky and stupid, other than drugs and sex and...
Would you allow your 16 year old daughter to sail around the globe by herself?
I would not, but she would have my blessing when she became an emancipated 18 year old.