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In-laws putting my two year old on small motor vehicles?
My partners’ family all lives on a farm about 1/2 hour from our house. They have a lot of acreage, and live in about a half dozen houses around the property. They are outdoorsy and have ATV’s, snowmobiles, Mules, and they hunt/fish/camp. I was thrilled that my son could grow up to be a nature lover, unlike me, a city gal. But they started giving him Mule rides over the summer, and even though I said no, they kept on doing it and I’d find out later that it happened. Now I just found out last night that they put him on a snowmobile. When I told them I did not approve, they started in with the whole “Well, we were going really slow, and just kept to the yard, blah blah blah.” I’m not saying these things are dangerous, or that I NEVER want my kid on them. I just think he’s too young. Not to mention that he’s too young to have a helmet that he could hold up, so obviously he doesn’t even have safety gear. I’m mainly worried about when they start to want to show him the guns. They watch him several days a week by their own request. We could just as Kids ATV Helmets easily have him in daycare full time. So now my question is, since I know that they ignore my wishes and just do what they want anyway, should I simply enroll him full time and tell them later, and only take my kid to the farm when I am able to go along and supervise? I mean, if they aren’t giving me the common courtesy of following my wishes for MY child, why should I discuss his daycare arrangement with them? Hate to be that way, but this is my kids safety we’re talking about.A few clarifications – I grew up riding on ATVs and motorbikes with my brothers. Back in the 70’s, we didn’t have all the info on how dangerous they were. I know that they can be ridden safely, and that things like classes increase safe riding. But I doubt if my inlaws are gonna sign up for classes just to pass my standards. Also, someone asked if my inlaws raised their kids safely – the answer to that is NO! My partner has a HUGE chunk of skin out of his face due to an encounter with a farm dog (nobody saw the harm in leaving him alone with a relatives’ strange dog). His brother is ’slow’ due to a head injury as a child. And just about the entire family walks with some type of limp due to various injuries, accidents, and unsafe behaviors (lifting wrong, etc). Their information about how to raise children stopped in the early 80’s with my partners younger brother. I just think that nowadays we have more info and know better about precautions. Why not use that to our advantage?As for the mule not being dangerous, well, no. Except that the property is all hills, valleys, etc. The two people who own mules have to traverse major hills to get to my MIL’s house to get the baby, then they take him all over the property. God knows where they took him on the snowmobile. Look, I’m telling you, I’m not being anal about this. I know there is a time and place for this stuff, but it’s just not now. And they are NOT even being safe with him on these things, even just taking him around the yard with no protective gear is not safe. I’ve made up my mind, baby gets Mom supervision at the farm and full time daycare until he’s 5 years old and I can at least talk to him about safety. I can’t take the stress of worrying about him all day long.
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