I'm sure some of you may have dealt with your kids flying somewhere on their own. Any tips or lessons learned?

Our oldest has a chance to work on a ranch this summer where my in-laws live. It also works out for him to fly to where my family is first and the in-laws will get him from there, then fly back from their place.

My parents would like for our youngest to come visit them and we're looking to fly him out for that visit, as well.

The oldest is 15 and we feel he is capable of handling a connecting flight situation, so we are planning to go that route with him.

The youngest is 13 and it looks like we can go the direct flight option with him.