Ideally no, she shouldn't.Aabidano wrote: A 13 year old does not have the maturity level and should not have to make this decision, but I don't think it's one that anyone else should make for her either.
I'm glad she was able to make her own decision though.
Well yeah but she didn't have parents. And I sure as hell am not comfortable with the state making such decisions in such cases...Those of you without experience with teenagers from a parenting or teaching perspective can blabber to your hearts content, you don't know what the hell you're talking about. Their worldview frequently doesn't reflect reality. Which is why their rights are curtailed to an extent until they reach legal "maturity". It usually takes another five (ish) years after that for reality to set in.