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Re: [RC] Kids, ponies and distance riding... Get a grip people - heidiThird, if you have children that CHOOSE to go through the insanity of riding a horse for hours and hours and hours, as a parent you have to decide on the safety parameters given that your children have chosen to do one of the most dangerous sports known. It's sort of like a kid deciding to take up skydiving. How (assuming that the equipment is available, in their size and safe) could you force a child to take that up? But if you agree to allow them, you have to accept that you are permitting a level of risk in their life. It's your kid. It's your responsibility. No one else's. Y'know, one thing that no one has mentioned here is that kids need outlets in life other than hanging out in the street, doing drugs, getting pregnant, etc. I sub at our alternative school from time to time, and one of the things that I've noticed is that NOT ONE of the kids there has had the opportunity to have an outlet such as horseback riding. Sure, there are risks--but for some kids, having a goal and a positive outlet makes all the difference in the world. Too many things are already off limits to them--I sure hope we can continue to provide a good, clean, healthy sport for those who ARE precocious and need such an outlet. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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