| My daughter is a conventional teenager with keen | | | | Institute's safety courses. It's only a half-a-day lesson |
| interest in sports. Academically, I am never too | | | | and it's very comprehensive, though. A qualified ATV |
| worried for her - she does well. Recently, she has | | | | instructor taught my daughter how to ride the ATV |
| been mixing around with lots of friends who owns | | | | proper, the basic safety rules and the kind of youth |
| and rides ATVs actively. These youths are not | | | | safety equipment and apparel she has to wear |
| irresponsible, as far I can tell but I know that it won't | | | | before she swings a leg over an ATV. I guess it was |
| be long before she starts asking for a youth ATV | | | | fun and informational for my daughter during the |
| herself. Not knowing anything about ATVs, I started | | | | ATV safety course because she attended the |
| looking around for information on how to keep | | | | course with four of her cliques. A good thing too, I |
| youths and kids safe on ATVs. I've read countless | | | | would say. |
| reports and news about youth and kids' deaths | | | | It's always good that we enroll the kids and youth |
| related to ATV riding...naturally, as a parent, I was | | | | into ATV safety courses before they even start |
| deeply concerned. Images of her spinning around on | | | | riding one. The reason is that if they've never ridden |
| an ATV or crashing goes through my head whenever | | | | an ATV before, they don't have bad habits to kick |
| I think of her asking for an ATV of her own. I went | | | | and we're starting on a clean slate. Therefore, |
| online into ATV forums and message boards and | | | | instructors will always encourage parents to start |
| have consulted with some other parents with youths | | | | sending their youth and kids to ATV safety courses |
| who are into ATV riding and they have given me | | | | before getting their kids their own ATVs. |
| many tips on how to handle my daughter who is in | | | | All in all, I think my kid's ready to roll now that she |
| her prime youth years. | | | | knows the basic rules. Although it doesn't guarantee |
| The thing is that I know it would be unfair and | | | | me that my daughter will never get into accidents, it |
| unreasonable for me to say 'no' to her. She will | | | | at least promises me that the risk of my daughter |
| probably ride her friends' ATVs without my | | | | being seriously injured should an accident happen with |
| knowledge anyway, that way, so, the best | | | | her ATV is low. That's all I need to know...and |
| approach, for me, was to concede. Many parents | | | | besides, I can't hold her hand forever and protect |
| told me that this was what they had to do. What | | | | her. She's a youth now, and has every right to enjoy |
| they told me was that I should contact the ATV | | | | her life the way she wants to. Now, whenever she |
| Safety Institute for more information on how to | | | | takes her ATV out for a spin with her friends, I am |
| teach my daughter how to ride an ATV safely. And I | | | | less concerned. |
| signed my daughter up for one of ATV Safety | | | | |