17yr Old Doing College Visits Alone?

calmom
Sun, 27 May 2012 15:34:23 +0000

Aerlen – I just want to clarify – I wasn’t saying that the hostel was “unsafe” as other parents have stated. My daughter stayed at least one night in a hostel in NY when she was visiting colleges at age 17, and when she was a few years older traveled all through Europe staying at hostels. I said they won’t rent to you at age 17, unless you are with someone older. (When my daughter was 17, she had a 19 year old friend with her).

Again: the point is simply that they probably won’t let you check in by yourself at age 17. The “unsafe” part would be arriving in Chicago and then finding out you had no place at all to stay.

As to the medical thing, my kids’ doctors did not bring me into the room after they were teenagers. From the time my daughter could drive, at age 16, she made and went to her doctor & dental appointments on her own. I very often did not even find out about the medical visits until the insurance statements arrived. On the medical end of things, it is important that a young woman can tell her doctor whether or not she is sexually active. That is not necessarily something a teenager is going to want to confide to their parents.