Help, our son wants to go to the holiday home alone!

Our 14-year-old son wants to spend a weekend at his school friend's holiday home - without adults. We think he's still too young for that. He and his friend of the same age, on the other hand, want to prove their independence. At what age are you old enough for such experiments?

This is what our team of experts says:

Our team of experts:
Nicole Althaus, 49, is editor-in-chief of magazines and a member of the editorial board of "NZZ am Sonntag", columnist and author. She initiated and managed the mum blog on "Tagesanzeiger.ch" and was editor-in-chief of "wir eltern". Nicole Althaus is the mother of two children aged 18 and 14.
Stefanie Rietzler is a psychologist, author ("Clever lernen", "Erfolgreich lernen mit ADHS") and runs the Academy for Learning Coaching in Zurich.
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Peter Schneider, 59, works as a psychoanalyst and columnist in Zurich. Until 2017, he was Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology in Bremen; he currently teaches the history and theory of psychoanalysis in Berlin.

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