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Re: re: worlds youngest rider



I agree totally...Cora
----- Original Message -----
From: <BMcCrary27@aol.com>
To: <ribbitttreefrog@yahoo.com>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 10:01 AM
Subject: RC: re: worlds youngest rider


> In a message dated 10/10/2000 2:02:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> ribbitttreefrog@yahoo.com writes:
>
> << I wonder if Tiger as a
>  semi-adult feels this was wrong of his parents to do. >>
>
> Why is Tiger Woods, as a man of over 21 years, considered a "semi-adult"?
I
> really think our society is molly-coddling our youngsters.  I heard
something
> over the TV recently about "kids", referring to someone in his mid to late
> 20s.  Sorry, folks, these are NOT kids any longer.  I'm related to several
> men, my grandfather and father for example, and also my husband, who were
> working in a grown man's world at anywhere from age 13 to 18.  And I can't
> see that it hurt any one of them.  They just turn out to be REAL men and
> adults, rather than overgrown "kids".  (Works for girls, too).
> I don't believe in the "sweat shops" of yesteryear, but I don't believe in
> preventing or limiting teens from working at real jobs nowadays, either.
> Work and responsibility, from early on in life, is a very maturing
> experience.  Maybe a little more of it would have benefitted some of the
most
> notorious troublemakers in our society. (Ooops, I promised to get off my
> soapbox, and I didn't).
>
> Barbara
>
>
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