A Scary Prospect -- What to do?

Don't let this sort of thing happen with you and your kids. Get them the
best training they can have. Let them experience as much of life as you
can, while you're still able to have some modicum of control. Show them
how
to live a full and responsible life. Prepare them for complete
independence
from you, and then let them go. They're going to go eventually anyway,
whether you want them to or not, so you might as well prepare them the
best
you can first. You'll find that they come back as great friends.

Great words, Bob. Thanks.

I just have a hard time looking at my 14 year old son with an unjaundiced
eye. One minute he's the bright kid that has tested into the top 2% in the
nation -- and the next minute he's dumb as a box of rocks. And it's a roll
of the dice as to which "version" you might get at any given time.

Putting him in a plane, solo, with such wild intellectual variability is
going to be more challenging for me than for him, I'm sure. I'm trusting
that the training process will be a real maturing experience.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"