[sc_rufctr]

It would depend on the maturity of the child.

But to be completely honest if he was mine I wouldn't let him go... Unless he'll be living with family. Even then it depends in a big way on his maturity.
To much can go wrong to quickly. Drugs, The Wrong crowd... Who knows? And I wouldn't want to find out.

Think about how he may be perceived by the locals... Rich American to be taken advantage of???

Even sending him to a College in the US has it's issues but at least they do their best to look after the students. (I hope they do anyway)