glbirch:
Frank Kohler, just curious. Do you have any kids?
No I do not and I can begin to understand how a parent cares for his or her own kids, but I kind of can because of my sisters kid who I do love and watch after.
As in to a replay to what the good DocVikingo said.
first"Well known cautions about diving while pregnant, while afflicted with all manner of medical conditions, while taking all manner of medications or in proximity to certain types of exercise, not flying for certain periods of time following a multiple dive schedule and myriad other guidelines to safe scuba are based on as yet untested "mights." It is very difficult to "test" these, both for logistical (e.g., where are the subjects going to come from, how will the studies be funded) & for ethical reasons (e.g., exposing an experimental group of children with developing epiphysial plates to increased atmospheric pressure)."
I am sorry if my words got miss understudied but what I meant by what I said was not to bring children in to a lab but to a study on them. Do a study on kids that are all ready diving and see the effects on them.
second
"I do not find this compelling. Simply because a child manifests judgment, responsibility, attention to detail and respect for rules appropriate to his or her age doesn't necessarily mean that they'll be able to understand the physics & biology involved in scuba. Don't confuse what are largely behavioral traits with cognitive wherewithal."
The point I was trying to make here is not to let a kid dive that is mature for his or her age but to let a child dive if he or she is mature enough for diving. As where one child may be ready for it and be mature enough for it, another one who is censured mature for his/her age may not be and by no means should they be allowed to dive.
third
"This was not my construction of the thrust of such statements. It is not primarily a matter of strong v cursory interest. If you'll go back & read the original material again, you'll find accompanying remarks such as, "Under no circumstances should an unwilling child be coerced into scuba." What the points made by Drs. Taylor & Vikingo seem to imply is that it is important that the child's interest in scuba, at whatever level of intensity, primarily be his or her own rather than the result of external influences like parental or peer pressure."
I am sorry that I miss read you statement in that web site but it seems like we are both saying the same thing that a child should dive it he or she wants to dive and should not be pushed in to it by any one or thing.
forth
In closing, one thing we can agree upon:
"Whomever "Marian Life" may be, I'm sure that she'd appreciate being saved."
Lol ha-ha very funny
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