I gave a family hiking directions when I was 5. They listened.
I just had this random memory from when I was 5 years old up in this mountain at a place called Boulders Cave. (Picture attached)
My grandma used to run the place and I always wore her park ranger shirts cause I felt like a badass. This group of people asked me which way the cave was and I stupidly told them to keep following the path they were on.
I remember going with my mom later that day and it was ABSOLUTELY the wrong way.
I still wonder to this day if they ever found their way and if they learned to never trust a kid again hahaha.