Shameful. Perhaps social services should check into this family.
EIGHT children ???
and shes the oldest ???
Whats their religion ???
What a dick.
I don’t think America is ready for a reality show based on the “marron” household.
Media whores doing what they do best. Reminds me of Balloon Boy’s family. Maybe they can both ride off into the sunset on a hot air balloon
Next, her 17 y.o. brother had done the same trip around the world, and was fine. Both son and daughter had been raised in sailing since they were children, so if their parents were ok with it, good luck.
As to Dad signing a deal, so what? It's no different than a ball player getting endorsements for shoes, deodorant, etc. And later they host all sorts of shows. And these contracts help cover costs for the voyage.
Go Abby! Try again!!
Ah, with seven more where she came from, Abby was expendable.
Way to switch the headline.
Interesting. This is a family in which the kids sail around the world and dream of writing books. Social services won't like it; they're looking for conformists and government cookie cutter dweebs.
They need to be sued on future earnings.
I think "PIMP MY KIDS" is a more appropriate title........
This family's getting more disgusting with each passing day.
So? What is the big deal? I was in college at 15 and doing what others might consider crazy.
I once swam 1/3 of a mile to a bouy in the Monterey Bay on a dare and on my return got caught in a riptide.
I won’t say it wasn’t scary but I did know how to deal with it and making my body perpendicular to the shore, ended swimming another 1/2 mile south to keep from being towed under.
I didn’t think I would have to swim that far to get out of it.
Oh, I was 16 on that one.
Still, there are plenty of surfers of ages 14 and up who regularly drive a wave towards the cliffs and do so safely everyday.
I also use to walk off into the woods for a couple of days, ALONE and still do.
At 16 she can drive but be responsible for sailing a boat around the world?
Heck, we put kids on airplanes, alone, to some other destination, sometimes to a foreign land.
I also, snowboard and will go through trees racing downhill and jump off a cliff if it looks fun.
What one considers dangerous may not be for another and what one considers mature may not be true for others.
How many kids are in college at 16(I was at 15)?
She is probably more experienced than many, including a friend of mine who wants to sail around the world, from port to port and I don’t think he is ready. He does and just needs a boat of his own.
Many are not prepared for adventure and some are.
I don’t know why so many are so quick to defend this couple.
This child is not old enough to understand the danger. There, I said it. For similar reasons, juvenile offenders are often tried as...well...juveniles.
When we are young, we presume our parents are looking out for our safety...and if they endorse a solo sail around the world, it seems ‘safe’....but it was certainly not safe.
I have talked to some sailers. They make some common sense points:
1. Going solo at sea never a good idea.
2. Entering the Indian Ocean this time of year not good (probably had to do it before she aged out of the record books).
I know others have survived the trip before...but that doesn’t make it safe.
Why doesn’t good ole dad make the next attempt :)
bump
“
Laurence Sunderland, a sailing instructor who lives in the middle-class
Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks with his pregnant wife and seven kids,
opened their home to film crews four months ago.
“
Four months ago.
As often opined on threads about homely/ugly teachers that abuse
their student(s)...sounds like Mr. Sunderland wanted to at least
look guilty.
I’m sure we’ll all be reading about her journey in Playboy soon enough.
In a FReepmail you asked me
“What has that got to do with it?”
To do with what ???
What is the “what” ???
Sorry NLZ that was meant for another FReeper...
DC in a FReepmail you asked me
“What has that got to do with it?”
To do with what ???
What is the “what” ???