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    Re: [RC] [RC] Very young riders in AERC rides - Heidi Smith


    >I have never met a 5 year old who could either make nor understand a logical decision. They simply are not of a cognizant age.
     
    I've met a few pretty amazing kids that age who have been pretty darn logical and thoughtful.  I know that when I was 6, and my parents hosted bible study groups, I followed the discussions and joined in, and understood perfectly well what was being discussed.  At 7, in the second grade, I went clear through the high school senior level of those old SRA reading comprehension tests, with a near perfect score.  Perhaps it had to do with being ranch raised--I also knew where the first aid book was kept well before I could read, and knew how to find all the pressure points for arteries, if someone was bleeding.  My cognizant skills were far more precocious, quite frankly, than my riding skills--I would not have been physically able to do 100 miles at that age, even though I rode quite a bit.  While you are right that most kids are not at that level at that age, please don't count out the ones that are.
     
    Heidi

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