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Re: re: worlds youngest rider



Sorry, thought Tiger was more like in his late teens. Shows
MY age doesn't it? Kind of like when I see my younger
sister once per year. She is 33 and I swear she is still 13
to me! But then, my almost 70 year old mom refers to my 42
year old boyfriend as a "kid". All perspective I guess.

heidi


--- Cora <bandc@teknett.com> wrote:
> 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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