Born to be loved

  Last year Summer we took an advantage of American schools' longer Summer vacation, taking 2 boys to Japan, stayed there for a month, had them go to the local schools that I went to when I was a child. That worked quite well language/culture-wise, Japanese familiarity of 2 boys was boosted. This year, however, neither of us parents' schedule works well. With much higher airfare combined, we decided to just send one. Our 7-yr old son HG goes by himself. Using Unaccompanied Minor Program (delta.com)    we paid additional of $150 one-way. Thankfully on the way back a grand mother will fly with him on her way to a conference in the east coast in the US. HG will be accompanied by the airline company's associates inside of the airport's gate. With this program, 5-yr old or above can fly without adults technically speaking, and this fee covers up to 4 children. Things to remember for the future. An adult must pick up at the airport of course. Arranging this in our case invol