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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many reasons not to. Not safe, expensive, not good exercise or good for your child’s body, very solitary. I had a good friend who grew up riding so I know a lot about it and would never encourage it for my kid. [/quote] Ask the pediatric sports medicine experts what their patients do: ball sports and track. There has been a vertiginous rise in pediatric injuries at younger and younger ages, because of societal pressure to excel in one particular sport to the detriment of bodily health. Repetitive movement injuries in children practicing a reduced set of exercises in their one sport is a HUGE problem. In contrast, sports like sailing, horseback riding, rock-climbing, and to a lesser extent, martial arts, are more complete exercises and less likely to exert undue pressure on one part of the body. [/quote]
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