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Ian, you got it. We do not teach children to dive if we feel there is a pressure in this respect from their parents. In any case, we mostly even do not allow parents to be around. Everything must be the childs free will, and it must have the mental capacity. If it does not, teaching swimming with/out fins, freediving, may help develop mental capacities in respect of coordination, responsability, commitment. -Matthias Ian Puleston schrieb: > My only gripe with the system is that the certification allows 10-11 year > olds to dive with a parent, no matter what the experience level of the > parent. Some vacation divers who're going to want to take their kids along > are hardly capable of taking care of themselves, never mind a kid too. I'd > like to see an additional certification for parents who want to take their > kids diving, with a minimum of 50-100 dives required before they can do it - > otherwise they need to hire a DM to look after the kid on the dive. > > I had my 11 year old daughter certified last year, but when she dives its > with me only, and I'm there with the sole purpose of looking after her. > > Ian > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Braunbehrens [mailto:Bakalite@ba*.co*] > > Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 3:04 PM > > To: Cody Towns; techdiver@aquanaut.com > > Subject: RE: WARNING - Coffee Alert > > > > > > Anybody who allows a kid to use compressed air is out of his mind. > > We have no idea what the inevitable microbubble damage will do to > > growing bones, brain etc. I just remember last year when I was in > > Hawaii with my family, doing a lot of freediving, and wishing I could > > stay down just a little longer to get a better look at something. > > > > As far as people embolizing at 50'...with the way PADi trains I'm > > sure it happens all the time. No real training to speak of, pay and > > we'll certify you for sure, no matter how inept you are, and accept > > anyone into the course. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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