Kids are evidently too too immature to travel alone and this was a good lesson for them and their parents. While they might have been taught to respect elders and people in authority, neither one thought to notify their parents they had been moved. Letting them be in a separate cabin was a good learning experience but I wouldn’t be letting them travel alone anytime soon. And parents transiting cabins with food says they aren’t necessarily equipped to be role models on travel etiquette and norms.