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Additionally, if we put a minimum age for riders, will we then set a maximum age? 

 

Ha!  YOU (the one(s) that think we need this rule) go tell Julie she's too old to ride.  I won't...she'd kill me!

 

Let's just leave the child welfare to the parents and mind our own horses and children.  I've got enough to say grace over as it is.

Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have always agreed with your approach.  I am adamantly opposed to minimum age for children to ride endurance, and who else but the parents know their kids as well.  Maybe we could have been cited for child endangerment when we took our kids packing into the high Sierras at the ages of 8 and 5-1/2.  I don't know, they look pretty normal to me now and they are well-adjusted adults with a great sense of adventure and the ability to take care of themselves.  I support NO MINIMUM AGE!  Let parents be the judge, not an organization.

 

Barbara

 

----- Original Message -----

From: OTTOWY@xxxxxxx

To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:39 PM

Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] Kids, ponies and distance riding... Get a grip people

Alright I have been silent enough on this minimum age requirement.  Frankly don't you think we have enough rules already?  Geesh people, you would think rules were like dessert and you want more and more of them.

 

If you are so worried about underage kids competing, then don't let yours compete! The rest of us parents out there think we know our kids pretty well and know what they are capable of.  If the children want to ride then give them the opportunity when they are interested.  Want to squash a child's enthusiasm in one step, just tell them they aren't old enough.  They will never want to do it again.

 

When I was 11 years old I still remember conditioning everyday for nothing!  You had to be 12 to ride the Big Horn 100. Don't put any child through that!  Watching someone else ride my horse was torture!

 

Anyhow, as a mother of four and the person whose encouraged 100's of kids to "Get riding".  I think I have the child pretty well down.  Age shouldn't be the issue!   

 

Patti

Susan [Young], The Princess of Pink
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