yep, it's absolutely ridiculous
I know it's different for girls but at 13 I was coming up from Winchester to London unsupervised to go to Kensington Market, my kid can't get from the Isle of Dogs to East Ham
( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Fri 13 Aug 2021, 17:14, archived)

my parents had to keep a close watch on me
i was, and still am, a wanderer. i've been buggering off to spain on my tod since i was 17 and some of the shit i've got up to and managed to get myself out of, i'm just glad they don't know about
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 13 Aug 2021, 17:19, archived)

same here
I went to my first festival aged 15 and got fried on acid for four days, it's a miracle I'm not more of a mess than I am and that I'm still here to tell the same, boring old tales, knocking on 50
( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Fri 13 Aug 2021, 17:22, archived)

Yep, same

( Smash Monkey 2 Anyone know a good therapist in South Africa?, Fri 13 Aug 2021, 17:53, archived)