Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] Kids, ponies and distance riding... Get a grip people - Barbara McCrary
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.
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!