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Tell ME, why are you so consistently adamant about this issue?  Do you even 
have children of your own?  Most of us parents have seen our kids through 
childhood with horses and hiking and skiing, etc. and the kids have grown up 
responsible and mature.  When a kid is 6, two years seems like a lifetime. 
I trust most parents to be responsible enough to make sound choices for 
their kids.  Why don't you just drop this issue.  It's hardly an  epidemic. 
What.....two kids in the past 5 years or so????

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Long" <jlong@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] 20 MT and Little Big Man


> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:45:50 -0800, "Barbara McCrary" 
> <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >  Kids need responsibility and enough freedom to do what they want to do, 
> > within reason, of course.
>
> Yes, they sure do, within reason, of course.  It's that "within reason" 
> that is
> the issue.
>
> Tell me, what is so terrible about a six-year-old growing for a couple of 
> years
> before starting into such a demanding sport?  It's so easy for us to 
> become
> blase about the real demands and real dangers that come with endurance 
> rides.
>
> --
>
> Joe Long
> jlong@xxxxxxxx
> http://www.rnbw.com



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