PA Files Felony Charges: Child's Chairlift Fall

[HappyPlace]

In the situation that @Amie H was in, I place my poles on the kids lap and hold on to the other end. That way, I can pull the kid back a bit from the edge.

That's a great tip! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Amplify]

I’m another one who is almost always fine to share a chair lift with a random kid. Especially when they’re in a lesson group. I feel like an instructor usually has a good sense of what levels of development their students are at; they’re generally not taking a bunch of kids on the lift who truly can’t handle it. If there’s one who is maybe a bit on the lower end of where the group is, they’re going to pair up with that one. The lifties are going to slow the chairs down for the group if needed anyway. So if an instructor is like “can this one ride with you?” my default position is: absolutely! I trust that they’re asking from an informed starting place.

I am a little more discerning if it’s a random kid not in a lesson group, but if they’re with a parent but just can’t all fit together in a chair, I feel like I would have to see something that makes me doubt the kid’s readiness, in order for me to decline to pair up. If it's a teeny kid riding truly alone, no adult nearby, I'm most likely going to just stay away, but in that case they're not going around asking for someone to ride with them anyway so it's not so much me declining a request as me not extending an offer to pair up, the way I likely would with a solo-riding adult.

 

[BlizzardBabe]

I know that my reticence probably has everything to do with my never having had kids and never being around them for any extended period(s) of time. I'm an only child, never lived anywhere near family, no babysitting in my youth, no close friends with kids. Essentially, I've lived in a kid-free zone my entire adult life.

Now someone please explain to me why I find teenagers to be fantastic. I love interacting w/them and I think they are a hoot. Go figure.