There is even a seventeen year old woman that has a Macaw.
I think this is referring to me?

haha
I guess i am an exception to 'young people shouldn't have big birds', I am a very unsocial person, i just turned 18 and didn't even have a party.. so 'drinking and partying' is the last thing on my mind haha
I was accepted into uni a year early ahead of my peers, and will be doing my course for the next 4 years all externally, after that i am hoping to get a job involving Fargo, i would never leave him.. I have the funds from my parents to provide him with everything he needs.
No one in my family is a 'bird person', so it was all my choice and everything is my responsibility, i do all the research and make sure he has the perfect diet provided..
There are some very responsible children on the forum, birdlover 11 and conurecrazy are both examples of this, and to say only an older person should have a bird is very incorrect, as there are a few adults who neglect their birds..
I think as long as the children have parents that can support them and guide them, making sure they have the right diet and a clean cage, and will assume responsibility for it, and the kids know that they may get nipped at some point, then a little parrot could be a great friend!