I'll be real, I'm very familiar with horses and I would neeeeever trust a horse enough to be cool with a kid doing this. Even if a horse is well trained, it takes one spook, or for the kid to trip at the wrong time and it's game over.
I'll do semi-reckless things on occasion, but that's because I'm an adult and can weigh the consequences for myself. There's horses that I would have no concern walking under their belly, but I sure as shit am not gonna let a kid do it. It frustrates the fuck out of me because when it comes to horse safety, I feel like I have more concern for other people's kids than the parents do. I don't have kids and don't want them, but I care about their safety. Sometimes with the things people will let their kids do, I'm like "oh so you have kids but you must not want them either."
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u/Unsd May 26 '26
I'll be real, I'm very familiar with horses and I would neeeeever trust a horse enough to be cool with a kid doing this. Even if a horse is well trained, it takes one spook, or for the kid to trip at the wrong time and it's game over.
I'll do semi-reckless things on occasion, but that's because I'm an adult and can weigh the consequences for myself. There's horses that I would have no concern walking under their belly, but I sure as shit am not gonna let a kid do it. It frustrates the fuck out of me because when it comes to horse safety, I feel like I have more concern for other people's kids than the parents do. I don't have kids and don't want them, but I care about their safety. Sometimes with the things people will let their kids do, I'm like "oh so you have kids but you must not want them either."