Okay, Jeff and I are disagreeing about something, and he gave me permission to get the opinions of AFF!!!!
Hannah is starting riding lessons, and we live 2.5 miles from the stables. Jeff wants to let her ride her bike to the lessons (when its warm enough--it's not right now), and I DON'T think she's old enough to do that yet!!!!!
The pros are:
* We live in the country, so she wouldn't have to get on any main highways to get where's she's going.
* Jeff thinks she needs a little more freedom.
* She would have a cell phone and would have to call as soon as she arrived.
* She's 13.
Uh, I can't think of anymore pros.
The cons are:
* We live in the country, she would have to cross a bridge on the way, and some people do drive very fast on these country roads.
* She's 13.
* I don't like it.
Am I being unreasonable? I think 2.5 miles is too far. Right now she's only allowed to explore the dirt roads around our house which kind of wind around, and even though she has about a mile of road, she's never more than a quarter mile from our front door.
I can envision all kinds of things happening between our house and the stables.
I'm getting panicky thinking about it.
What are your thoughts? Am I being neurotic? Would you let your 13 year old ride that far?
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
Okay, Jeff and I are disagreeing about something, and he gave me permission to get the opinions of AFF!!!!
Hannah is starting riding lessons, and we live 2.5 miles from the stables. Jeff wants to let her ride her bike to the lessons (when its warm enough--it's not right now), and I DON'T think she's old enough to do that yet!!!!!
The pros are:
* We live in the country, so she wouldn't have to get on any main highways to get where's she's going.
* Jeff thinks she needs a little more freedom.
* She would have a cell phone and would have to call as soon as she arrived.
* She's 13.
Uh, I can't think of anymore pros.
The cons are:
* We live in the country, she would have to cross a bridge on the way, and some people do drive very fast on these country roads.
* She's 13.
* I don't like it.
Am I being unreasonable? I think 2.5 miles is too far. Right now she's only allowed to explore the dirt roads around our house which kind of wind around, and even though she has about a mile of road, she's never more than a quarter mile from our front door.
I can envision all kinds of things happening between our house and the stables.
I'm getting panicky thinking about it.
What are your thoughts? Am I being neurotic? Would you let your 13 year old ride that far?
Your definately not being neurotic. I say do not let her ride her bike. You cannot be to careful in my opinion. Maybe an option would be for her to ride her bike.. but talk on the phone as she's riding.. (blue tooth).
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I vote yes... I was riding all over town at 13, and I would have let my girls ride 2.5 miles in the country at that age.
If the area isn't safe, it would be a different.... but yeah, this mom would allow her to do that...especially with a cell phone.
oh, and my yes doesn't mean you are unreasonable... just that I agree with your husband.. I would just say you are a little nervous.. I understand... I just haven't ever been that way... I trusted my girls to ride in town and country at that age... without cell phones.
I vote yes... I was riding all over town at 13, and I would have let my girls ride 2.5 miles in the country at that age.
If the area isn't safe, it would be a different.... but yeah, this mom would allow her to do that...especially with a cell phone.
I walked to the PO when I was 13 also. It was a different day than today. Everyone hadn't lost their minds and most still believed in God and went to church.
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I walked to the PO when I was 13 also. It was a different day than today. Everyone hadn't lost their minds and most still believed in God and went to church.
It is a completely different day.
What I have bolded is a huge reason why. Undeniable.
The exact same land my dad grew up on as a child, ran from dawn till dusk on without fear of harm... is now the same land that drug dealers peddle their wares on.
Things have changed... The country isn't so innocent any longer.
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I walked to the PO when I was 13 also. It was a different day than today. Everyone hadn't lost their minds and most still believed in God and went to church.
I live in a really safe, crime free area... Newman visited me and said it looks like a "Norman Rockwell town" anyway... so I was comfortable with my girls riding in town. Lots of people around and generally a safe area.
However, I decided to ask my coworker who sits next to me... she lives in the country and was raised in the country. She also has a 13 year old daughter... My friend said she rode in the country like that at 13, but that no, she wouldn't allow Casey to ride today because of the teens that drive and drink in the country...she said they seem to think because they are in the country the police aren't going to see them...so she said there is some trouble with teen boys in their area who she would worry about them harrassing her daughter... so agreed with everyone else.
I vote yes... I was riding all over town at 13, and I would have let my girls ride 2.5 miles in the country at that age.
If the area isn't safe, it would be a different.... but yeah, this mom would allow her to do that...especially with a cell phone.
oh, and my yes doesn't mean you are unreasonable... just that I agree with your husband.. I would just say you are a little nervous.. I understand... I just haven't ever been that way... I trusted my girls to ride in town and country at that age... without cell phones.
I see what you're saying, and Jeff is going to like your post. LOL!!!
We certainly don't have much (if any) crime in this area.
*sigh*
I am more than a little nervous...
Really, I don't think I can do it. She's going to have to be bigger, older and in a car. It's not that long really...in 2 years she'll be eligible for a driving permit, so she could drive the old farm truck.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
I see what you're saying, and Jeff is going to like your post. LOL!!!
We certainly don't have much (if any) crime in this area.
*sigh*
I am more than a little nervous...
Really, I don't think I can do it. She's going to have to be bigger, older and in a car. It's not that long really...in 2 years she'll be eligible for a driving permit, so she could drive the old farm truck.
We are from a town of 2,000 people with very little crime.
My dad's cousin moved back to our area to raise his children in a more safe environment.
His son was shot while sleeping.
The person stood outside his bedroom window and shot him in the back.
It is sad, but anything can happen anywhere. (They lived in the country).
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