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I think Jymn answered this, but don't remember where. I think he said that in the 1930's, there wasn't such thing as "child protection services"! (dunno if this is true, though)

I dunno, the world Jymn and Mark created that we came to know as Cape Suzette, is very different from ours.

True. But it has laws.

In Stormy Weather, Kit left Higher for Hire to join Daring Dan's airshow, if he had a legal order on him, he shouldn't be able to do that. Rebecca even said when talking to Baloo outside that "Kit is talented. Maybe he's cut off from something better than hauling cargoes, and if he is, who are we to hold him down?" She wouldn't have said it like that if she or Baloo had legal rights over Kit, instead I imagine she would advise Baloo to be a better role model, be the kind of person Kit respects and listens to, one that he looks up to.

I always thought that episode happened shortly after P&L so it may not have been done yet.

Again in Flight School Coincidental, Kit left home to enroll into a Thembrian flight school that admits 12-year-old pilots. I don't think a 12 year old can enroll into a foreign school without parental approval or signatures.... If Baloo had legal custody of Kit, he would've put his foot down and not let him go through with it.

At no time in that episode did Becky get mentioned, and it seemed they were haveing some time off, so Baloo didn't tell her.

I don't know what the deal is, Kit seems to come and go as he please and no one seems to look into it. As he's with Baloo most of the time, people who don't know him and Kit may assumed him to be Kit's father and didn't press the matter.

Hech as a kid when I first watched the show I thought they were father and son and most who didn't know would too, but too get into school he'd have too have a guardian.

Keep in mind that this is a cartoon, there's bound to be some unrealistic things in there.

I was wondering about one other thing about Kit, how can he live with Baloo without the child protection services getting on him? I thin Baloo and/or Becky have some sort of legal order on him but don't make a fuss about it.

Well, keep in mind the TaleSpin universe takes place in 1937. Back then, orphans didn't necessarily end up in an orphanage. And if they did (Like Kit) they usually didn't spend time looking for them. And with child labor still an issue back then, the child protection wasn't like it is now.

True it does take place in 1936-37 and child labor was an issue then but they did expect a guardian of some sort.

If the family group was stable... they probably didn't quibble.

Well, keep in mind the TaleSpin universe takes place in 1937. Back then, orphans didn't necessarily end up in an orphanage. And if they did (Like Kit) they usually didn't spend time looking for them. And with child labor still an issue back then, the child protection wasn't like it is now.

If the family group was stable... they probably didn't quibble.