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What do you think of parents who allow their children to take part of extremely dangerous sports?

I am not addressing sports such as football, I am talking about the 10 year old bull fighter and the little girl who died trying to fly her airplane across a great distance, or the little girls in China that fight with no protective gear sustaining horrible injuries to win a cash prize for their families. Do you believe anything justifies these choices? Aren't parents supposed to protect their children? Is there a cause that is worthy enough to warrant a 12 year old girl getting on a professional race track here in the USA with adult men to race stock cars? Would you allow your child to do this?

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1. No I would never allow my child to do any of the things you mentioned, my job is to protect my children, as it should be for every parent. What I find funny though is my son play rugby league and when I registered him for it my mother was upset because she thinks it is to dangerous to play, but when I was a child my mother allowed me to ride horses which I think is far more dangerous than footy
2. It really does depend on the child and the family, don't you think? I don't think I'd let my kid do those things: 1. I believe it is in her best interest 2. I don't need the $$ from her doing these things. There are situations where kids get put at risk because it is the ONLY option for that family. Sometimes kids do things because they absolutely want to (little girl in stock car) and it is their family's passion. I don't think it's great, but I can understand it. Kids grow up in circus arenas learning to be highwire acrobats and lion tamers. It happens. You get the family you are born into....look at poor Britney Spears kids for heaven sakes. That's trouble waiting to happen. Parents should look out for their children's interests. Sometimes those interests are justified in these arenas....some are not, often easily told by the motives (love of sport or financial).
3. umm im not a parent but me and my 8 yr old brother ... paintball , race dirtbikes and 4 wheelers and i am allowed to race streetcars legally ...nt that they would know if i do illegaly he rock climbs and we bungee alot well what im trying to say by all this is we wanted to do these things and we asked her and she said yes because she wats us to be wellrounded and nt to be scared to try new things in life and if we get hurt it just shows us that we ned to A be more careful next time or B not be so stupid ... we made this choice and we know the risks and we simply just asked our mother to give us the permission and stand by us had she said no my brother wouldve prolly cried but got over it me i wouldve still found ways to do all those things and she knows that ...me asking her 2 me was just saying hey i want u to know what im gonna be doing just incase sumthing happens i personally dnt give a crap if she says yes or no.....and that answers the protecting wuestion and i would allow my future children to do so
4. I don't like the idea, and I would never expose my child to that kind of risk, but I do allow my son to hunt moose and mountain sheep, which is pretty dangerous when you think about it. I don't know what to think of the parents, but I assume that some people are ready to condemn me for allowing my son to have a rifle to go hunting, and they probably think he's the next Columbine murderer. I'll just say that I'm glad that I'm not one of their children. It seems to me that the parents are living out their dangerous fantasies in their children, and its a little scary.
5. Well first I would say the girls you speak of in China fighting to get money for their families are probably being forced into it. And anyways, China has a whole diff culture than we do, so you cant compare that. As far as the other things you mention, it really is a personal decision bw the parents and children. It was probably a dream come true for that girl to race, and she was probably safe bc I would tend to think she has been into this for a while and knows how to drive. But really these things are just as dangerous as anything else. Football can cause just as many injuries and death. So can ice skating and gymnastics, commonly accepted sports for young children. Horse riding is dangerous but often started early. Swimming in the ocean is just as dangerous but I bet most parents let the kids go in. And these kids have probably been doing these things since they were very young and know what they are doing.
6. I think there must be something wrong with their heads!! My son is only 20 months old and his favorite thing in the world is motorcycles. It absolutely terrifies me to think about the interests he may have as he grows older!! Although I want to encourage my boys' interests and passions, I can guarantee as long as my children are living "under my roof", there will be limitations on their activities!!
7. I agree but your talking about different cultures. You'd be shocked and sicked what certain people will do when they are poverty stricken. I mean do you really think the family that gary glitter was living with didn't know he was having sex with the girls? They knew, they sold their 11 and 14 year old daughters virginity for money. THAT IS SICK. I am sure these cases are much the similar, kids being persuaded to make money by the parents. So very sad, they depend on us for their every need including SAFETY, somehow that just seems to have been lost.
8. The usual excuse is that the child wants to do it. Such parents have stopped being parents, in my opinion.
9. A Parent is a parent. They are there to love and to protect their child not to put them in dangerous positions or to jeopordize their safety. There is no reason in this world to put any child in any of the positions you mentioned. Most adults wouldnt be brave enough to do any of those things ,yet they'd make a child do it because they are the adult and can make them. If they want fame and money so much , let them get their behinds out there and do that risky stuff....