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Have you raised children that "wanted so much to please their parents?"
I've raised three and am now watching four grandchildren, and I haven't seen
a lot of evidence that they want so much to please their parents that they
would do something they otherwise didn't want to do.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Long" <jlong@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Kids, ponies and distance riding... Get a grip people


> Children often want to do things that are not good for them, it's one of
the
> reasons there are so many activities that do not permit people younger
than a
> certain age to participate (and so many others that have divisions for
children
> but do not allow them to compete directly with adults).
>
> However, I disagree with what you are suggesting.  Young children want so
much
> to please their parents, that it is easy for parents to believe that the
child
> "wants" to do what in reality the parent wants them to do.  I'm not
talking
> about teenagers here, the subject is kids younger than eight years old.
>
> Joe Long
> jlong@xxxxxxxx
> http://www.rnbw.com
>
>
>
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