| One of the things about allowing our kids to ride | | | | Imagine their joy, the exhilaration, the screaming and |
| ATV is our concern and worry about their safety. I | | | | the kind of fun they can have on their ATVs. |
| remember the first time my kids told me that they | | | | ATV riding for kids are dangerous...this is a fact that I |
| wanted to have their own ATVs so that they can | | | | will not even try to deny but we, as parents, should |
| be as COOL as their dad...albeit, ahem, me! You see, | | | | do everything we can within our power to minimize |
| there's this thing about feeling ever so proud of | | | | serious injury! All those ATV protective gears are |
| myself that my kids think of me as a cool dad, but | | | | definite MUSTS...otherwise, they know they'll lose |
| there's the other side of me that couldn't stop | | | | their rights. They try to cheat me once or twice but |
| worrying about how things can happen on an ATV. | | | | I caught on and took away their ATVs for months! |
| We're talking about my kids here...not neighbor's kid, | | | | This is precisely what you should be doing as well if |
| not aunt's kids, not best friend's kid. MY KIDS! And I | | | | your kids want to have their own ATVs to ride. |
| have every right to get paranoid about all those | | | | There are no two ways about it. |
| things that could happen to them...stuff that | | | | As for the worrying part, there's nothing much we |
| happened to me like broken limbs, bruises and | | | | can do to take away the concern and worry about |
| scratches in unimaginable places. | | | | the dangers of our kids riding their ATVs except to |
| But this is part and parcel of life, I believe. If the kids | | | | learn to accept it and not let it consume you. Parents |
| want to have a little adventure and fun ATVs, then, | | | | should also learn how to trust their kids and believe |
| my take is to let them enjoy life and have a little fun. | | | | that kids know their ATVs more than we think. As |
| Kids are adventurous people and they thrive and | | | | long as your kids are properly trained in kids ATV |
| learn through experience. What are a couple of | | | | riding, like mine, then we should let the kids have fun |
| bumps and bruises when they can learn how to | | | | and enjoy themselves as much as they can without |
| handle and maneuver a whole ATV just like daddy! | | | | us hovering over them like hawks and vultures. |