Wow youre almost better off not going at all rather than going taking your parents! Yeah I would let my kid have fun, sounds like alot of people are going, its highly unlikely that anything serious would go wrong. The amount of fun the trip would be would outweigh the absolutely miniscule risk of something bad happening, in my mind.
I really don't know what your parents are concerned about. Maybe you just have overprotective worrying type of parents, thats unfortunate.
I would say no they are not being over protective. Your fifteen and should not be camping with other boys just yet unless your parents are there with you. And the uncles age is still quite young to be honest and your parents probably don't know him.
Teenage boys are very curious about certain things in life and your parents know this. You need to understand how much your parents care about you, its not about them not wanting you to do something its about them wanting you to be safe and trust me they will do anything to make sure your safe. So relax there will be a lot more chances to go camping in the future.
Its not that they don't trust you they don't trust others around you. Your there diamond and they want to keep it safe.
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