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Old 07-05-2012, 03:56 PM
 
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I might do this. Is it really more dangerous than taking your child skiing, canoeing, or camping (bears)?
To be equivalent you would have to feed the bear some snacks and then go walk around him a little bit later. But yes I have taken my child camping in black bear country. Again we are strict about keeping food and other smelly stuff away from the tent and child. We did go backpacking in grizzly country but she was in her teens by then.

Not really sure how it is comparable to canoeing or skiing.
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Old 07-05-2012, 04:02 PM
 
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Thanks for educating me on why the situation is not a controlled one, lkb!
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Old 07-05-2012, 04:06 PM
 
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Thanks for educating me on why the situation is not a controlled one, lkb!
Not sure if you are being snarky or not.

If it is, I said multiple times it was in the open ocean, wild sharks that outnumber the people involved, and the video itself makes this clear.
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Old 07-05-2012, 04:12 PM
 
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To be equivalent you would have to feed the bear some snacks and then go walk around him a little bit later. But yes I have taken my child camping in black bear country. Again we are strict about keeping food and other smelly stuff away from the tent and child. We did go backpacking in grizzly country but she was in her teens by then.

Not really sure how it is comparable to canoeing or skiing.
I see what you mean about the bears. As far as the other sports I was just thinking about the possibility of an accident happening. Head injuries/drowning etc. Another one I just though of though was how about people who own dogs? I heard a horrific story about a dog attacking a 15 month old. Many children are attacked by dogs. Sometimes beloved pets and you can't always tell what the provocation was.
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Old 07-05-2012, 04:17 PM
 
Location: The New England part of Ohio
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NO!!! Are they insane???? NEVER!!!!

I would not let my eighteen year old do that. Fortunately, he would be smart enough to not do that on his own.

These "parents" are not that smart.
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Old 07-05-2012, 05:24 PM
 
Location: TX
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Who the hell are you talking to? ANyway for my part, I am certainly godless! That's what atheits ARE!
I was quoting the mom in the video. If a five year old child thinks swimming with a dolphin is boring, something is off balance as I said before. Most of them would be delighted at the idea, unless they just weren't interested in swimming and/or aquatic animals at all.
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Old 07-05-2012, 05:34 PM
 
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I was quoting the mom in the video. If a five year old child thinks swimming with a dolphin is boring, something is off balance as I said before. Most of them would be delighted at the idea, unless they just weren't interested in swimming and/or aquatic animals at all.
How can you state such an opinion as if it were fact?
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Old 07-05-2012, 05:46 PM
 
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I was quoting the mom in the video. If a five year old child thinks swimming with a dolphin is boring, something is off balance as I said before. Most of them would be delighted at the idea, unless they just weren't interested in swimming and/or aquatic animals at all.
Again, totally off base. My child would never have wanted to swim with dolphins. She knows to much. She wouldn't even go to a dolphin show at an aquarium since she was 10.

She would have loved to swim with sharks. I wouldn't have let her do what this parent did, though the thing in Disney would have been fine.
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Old 07-05-2012, 06:06 PM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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I have some questions for everyone who feels shocked every time a Fox news anchor tells you to be shocked:

1. With this particular species of shark, how many humans are known to have ever been harmed in an encounter with one, under controlled conditions, which had previous experience with human contact? Compared to, say, Pit Bulls, or horses, or bicycles. Would it be safer to put your child on skis at the top of a mountain and turn her over to the whims of gravity and the traction of waxed boards on snow and ice?

2. At what age would it become acceptable for the parents to let their child engage in this activity? Why would the age matter?

3. Secretly, don't you wish your parents had exposed you to these kinds of adventures when you were a child?

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Old 07-05-2012, 06:19 PM
 
Location: TX
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How can you state such an opinion as if it were fact?
You're going to deny that most five year olds who are interested in swimming with aquatic animals would be happy to swim with dolphins? Seriously?

There's no discussing anything with you people.

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With this particular species of shark, how many humans are known to have ever been harmed in an encounter with one, under controlled conditions, which had previous experience with human contact? Compared to, say, Pit Bulls, or horses, or bicycles. Would it be safer to put your child on skis at the top of a mountain and turn her over to the whims of gravity and the traction of waxed boards on snow and ice?
A. Unless you can control the animal itself, there are no "controlled conditions". The very phrase is an illusion.
B. Incomparable, as pit bulls, horses, and bicycles are all more common with children than sharks.
C. I wouldn't let my five year old ski either, if that's what you're asking.

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At what age would it become acceptable for the parents to let their child engage in this activity?
I wouldn't let my son participate in swimming with sharks at any age, until I could no longer legally keep him from it. Of course, I plan on raising him to ask "Why?" and not just "Why not?" So I don't suspect he will ever want to (Never say never, though).
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