| Many parents....too many of them view ATV riding as | | | | ATVs and it comes close to eating a tub of |
| something dangerous....which is something that I find a | | | | ice-cream for my girl. |
| little depressing. Riding an ATV is good for the health! | | | | The only concern is their safety. OK, I'll admit that |
| Especially for kids. We live in an ultra-modern society | | | | ATV riding isn't all that safe....but then again, think of |
| whereby we're surrounded by radio waves emitted | | | | something COMPLETELY safe and let me know |
| from the personal computer, the television, the radio, | | | | because the only activity that I know that is |
| cell phones, microwave ovens, etc. Kids these days | | | | completely safe is....sleeping or doing absolutely |
| don't live the kind of lives we used to live anymore. I | | | | nothing! Then again, if you're really unlucky, you might |
| mean, think about it a little and try to remember how | | | | even choke on your own saliva while sleeping....so, |
| we used to be kids. You may not have had the | | | | sleeping isn't all that safe either. |
| privilege of owning your own ATV as a child but did | | | | So, the point here is this - nothing is absolutely safe |
| you climb trees? Did you sneak out for a quick swim | | | | in this life. The whole point of living is to enjoy our |
| in the pond? Did your parents take you out on a | | | | lives as we can. If your kid loves riding his or her |
| picnic, a ride in the park on your bicycle? | | | | ATV, then be it. Your role as a parent is to make |
| In the concrete jungle that we live in today, the way | | | | sure your child or teenager knows that safety is to |
| I see it, our kids need a lot more exercise than they | | | | be regarded as the number one priority. My kids |
| get. Look at the stats for a little shocker! An | | | | know that I would go absolutely bananas if I found |
| astounding number of American kids and adults are | | | | them riding their kids ATVs without wearing all the |
| obese and in dire need of exercise. ATV riding is a | | | | safety gears that I have bought them. |
| healthy alternative and I strongly encourage it with | | | | I believe that kids should be active and be outdoors |
| my kids. It's something that we love to do together | | | | once in a while instead of staying at home and |
| and we have a lot of fun as a family. It doesn't have | | | | playing their Nintendos! Let the kids live a proper life |
| to be an ATV, of course, because if your kid loves | | | | but putting them outside....let them ride their ATVs...let |
| to ride dirt bike, then fine. If he/she likes to ride a | | | | them be kids! |
| bicycle, even better! But my kids love riding their | | | | |