I doubt in todays society it would be acceptable, it would not meet the parameters of todays modern thinking, kids (boys&girls et al) would not be allowed to do things that may cause mitigation or be too risky, we do live in a compensation culture after all, parents today have little faith in their offspring, and God forbid they should be put in a predicament where they would have to use their nous, Oh the humiliation if they were unable to complete a task albeit simple, it may affect them for the rest of their life. Why should these little darlings be expected to do tasks where they get dirty and muddy, Mummy (and Daddy sometimes) has a busy life and has no time to wash uniforms, especially when they smell of outdoors, and the thought of their little babies having to sleep in a smelly tent, Oh perish the thought, anyway to top it all, they go to places where you can't get a signal on the phone, and that is just not on.
(tongue in cheek)