My son traveled to Norway at 16. It changed how I think about raising kids in America.
Carrie Kirby lives in a Bay Area suburb and realized that it wasn't just that Norway was safer, but that Norwegian adults valued kids' need for freedom.
Carrie Kirby enrolled her 16-year-old son in a Scout camp in Norway, where he participated in a 10,000-person jamboree. In Norway, kids have more freedom and independence compared to the US, where adult supervision is required at most youth activities. The experience made Carrie reconsider her desire for more freedom and independence in raising her three children in the US.
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