What would you do...

[ben parrish]

How old is mom? 27-29? How fast were they going?
She is setting a bad example for good decisions but it probably wasn't that dangerous.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by on2wheels52

"the lane"

On the farm we had an 1/8 mile lane. No one ever fell out while riding on anything with more than two wheels. So am curious as to what kind of lane she was using and how fast was she going.
Anyone ever been on a hayride? With kids?
Jim

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Seems kinda tame compared to the crap I did when I was a kid.

Originally Posted by teenerted1

30-40yrs ago this wouldn't have been a big deal...

today, well from some of the responses here sounds like someones mom will be gettng a visit from child services

Man, I can imagine what would happen now if someone were riding in the back of a pick up sitting on the sides of the bed.

I guess they better get seat belts for horse saddles nowadays. I know I fell of a horse a hell of a lot more times than I did a moving vehicle. And, I rode on the outside of moving vehicles way more than I rode horses.

I got people to pull me on a skateboard with their car and a waterski tow rope. That's when I wasn't hanging on to their door handle back when cars had door handles.

We lost a lot more kids to Viet Nam than we did messing around. What are kids made of today, glass?

[Icemaster]

What they're made of today isnt the fuchin point Milt, nor is toughening them up, she can do whatever the hell she wants to with her own kids, her daughter turns up pregnant or her son ends up with a concussion cause he doesnt wear a helmet on his electric scooter/skateboard/bike, whatever - it's their burden from there. Seriously, I dont give a schit. Their lives, their choices, they can make them. My kids dont need a concussion or broken bones brought on by the avoidable actions of someone whos supposed to know better to toughen up, they've had more than fair share of hard knocks from rock climbing to cart racing to diving boards and social awkwardness - activities that are legit and supervised.

When she involves my kids in her bad decisions that's a different story altogether, had they been hurt because of something stupid that she did and headed to the hospital, it would then become a little something called "criminal negligence". Like it or not.

The lane is a dead end street asphalt street about 750 yards log, when I saw her she was traveling at about 10-15 mph and was about half way down, that was the 5'th trip they'd made up and down the lane according to my son. Driving a 2000 buick regal - not a lot of material to hold on to up there nor were there any safety belts in the headliner last time I checked.

When she pulled up paralell to me and saw me watching through the trees (the lane is split down thh middle with a hedgerow of Osage Oranges), she looked over at me and said to the kids "uh oh, you're dad saw us, you guys are busted now..." then followed it up with the comment she made when I walked up on her.

Never in my wildest fuchin dreams would I have imagined that I'd have to sit my kids down and explain to them at the tender age of 6 and 9 that car surfing is dangerous, and whatever someone's mom says, you're not to do it. 16 or 17, sure. 6 & 9, are you kidding me?

My whole issue is that a person, in this case, a 46 year old mother, doesn't put another persons children in harms way doing something that a 17 year old with poor judgement would do to try and be your kids "friend" as opposed to being his mother.

[cashflyer]

It's called "risk avoidance," Milt.
Kids should be taught at an early age to avoid risk.