Posted by letsbereal June 11, 2010 10:48pm PDTReply | Report Abuse

I do help our children every day i am a guidance counselor. And one of the most important lessens is to follow their dreams and work hard at achieving them ever when things fail, to learn from their failures. but i also teach them to learn from those around them. i would never encourage them to follow their dreams in the path of harms way. what all of you are missing is that Abby was not just crossing the street or going to school. she was going to circle the world!!! and she surrounded her self with expert advice in order to succeed at her dream. her mistake was to ignore the very ones that could help her succeed at her dream. and for that reason i can accept her choice as a wise choice. in the end she made a decision to leave port simply for the glory of a record and not the dream!!