Posted by Jerry on January 03, 2002 at 14:07:53:
In Reply to: Re: ohhh, it's only a matter of time..... posted by Chris K on January 03, 2002 at 13:30:25:
Unfortunately you are dead wrong on this.
The agencies push for younger and younger divers making the parents think that since a respected scuba training agency thinks young people have the maturity to handle a crisis at depth, it must be true. (Having choices is not always benign.)
And parents who don't appreciate the risks involved in taking little ones diving because they are either poorly trained themselves (back to the plethora of incompetent instructors) or because they are simply negligent.
Both share the blame and imho both are guilty of gross child abuse.
Jerry