I want to take my 3 year old skydiving am I being selfish?

Question

As the current laws of the land prohibit this I have done some research and come up with a soloution.Theres a latin american country where the regulations are not so strict-as long as the Dad makes the jump with the child its fine.I feel this would toughen up my son as he has started to help his mum round the house with chores.Am I being selfish.

Answer 1

you? selfish?? nooooo...

HOWEVER-- You should definately start off with cliff jumping and base diving to get him used to free fall...

:)~

Answer 2

yes you are being selfish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you dont take a three yr old skydiving have you done research on the risks you could kill him. if youre that desperate do some thing else manly with him start letting him help you with stuff like working on the car or other manly stuff why would you take him skydiving dont you think there are laws for a reason? besides theres nothing wrong with him helping with chores. he will grow up to be a nice man plus its a proven fact that when children male or female do chores around the house more than 4times a week starting at a young age they are less likely to end up in jail or do bad things they even do better in school but if they did something dangerous at a young they were more likely to go to jail and do bad things but it obvious you dont know how dangerous skydiving is did you know that 50 percent of people that die doing dangerous things bring children with them and most of the children that die are under 5 and having a child with you while sky diving brings rate of death up by 40percent

Answer 3

You are a stereotype male who probably does nothing around the house because you think it is not manly the best gift you can give your child is to teach him respect for his mother and helping with chores is part of learning this i dont think you are being selfish to want to take your son skydiving as he does not really know what fear is yet and will probably love being able to fly as this is how he will perceive it but it wont toughen him up why would you want to toughen him up anyway sounds like you are the one who needs to start helping with chores

Answer 4

Are you really doing this for your son? Do you honestly believe you will make him a better person because of what Skydiving did for you or are you trying to prove something to others about the person your son is? I can't imagine that your son is going to get a lot out of skydiving at 3. I don't remember any of the things I did before 5 or so and I don't think your kid will register skydiving in a significan't way until he's more developed.

Answer 5

Yes, I think you are being selfish. For a few reasons:
1. Your son has no choice in the matter, and he will be forced to do something (most adults don't do because they are scared to death) that could terrify him. After the fact, do you think he is going to trust you? He is going to be terrified, and he is going to know you made him do it.
2. He is only three. Kids at this age do not understand gender identity and stereotypes. He is learning about the world around him, and observing (and learning) from you, your wife, and his environment. He might not yet understand what our society considers to be "appropriate" gender roles. So if you are worried about him helping your wife with the house work...I wouldn't.
3. However for your personal beneifit (whether this is right or wrong....Im not one to say, because whatever you do should be in your childs best interest), but if it makes you feel better......choose other activities you and him can ENJOY TOGETHER....whether it is playing sports, getting together with other men and sons in your area, camping, fishing, hunting (when he is older), or if you have a YMCA in the area go to indian guides when he is about 5.
There are other activities you can do with your son, that can create a bond with him, to where he will want to spend time with you, instead of making him feel extremely unsafe.....because I bet I know who he will want to run to when he is in that terrified state......the parent that did not make him do that.
AND FOR GOODNESS SAKES...... HE'S ONLY THREE.

Answer 6

As a woman, I'd say yes you are, after all, it's nice to have someone around to help with the chores. Please keep in mind that 3 year olds still don't have full control of their tummies or bladders, so having him jump with you could mean unpleasant accidents that will fly "upward" at that level in air space. Is it really worth it to you? Perhaps father son time over the Xbox would be a better idea? :0)

Answer 7

at 3 years old he would be traumatised, he won't understand that he is perfectly safe, he may even associate his dad with the terror. He is more likely to become scared stiff of heights and falling.
The way to make sure that children don't develop fears is not to pass them on. For example, children are all very interested by spiders until someone goes, "AAAA! It's a spider!" then they understand that spiders are dangerous and should be feared, which is (usually) not the case! So don't teach your son to be scared of heights and he won't be.
Why not take him on a nice cliff walk instead of hurtling him out of a plane? That way he is more likely to find heights exhilarating rather than become terrified by them.
Please don't put him through the terror that he will naturally feel by being thrown out of a plane at such a young age, whether his dad is with him or not!


Added later:
I've just understood what you meant by needing to be toughened up because he has started helping his mum out with chores. I am outraged! What is wrong with your son helping his mother out around the house? Have you no respect for women? It is natural for children to copy their parents, I am glad he is copying her rather than you as you obviously do not help out around the house at all. Him helping his mother out around the house does not mean he is weak or needs to be toughened up! Even the toughest people in the world would have probably helped out around the house, especially at only 3 years old. Let him help her out, and if you are a decent father you will be a good role model by helping around the house as well.

Answer 8

it fairly relies upon on top and bone shape. My son is going to be 3 in would and he already techniques 40 lbs. yet he additionally wares a length 5 and has an 11 shoe. he's in basic terms a very massive guy yet he has no fat on him. you will see his ribs and lower back bone and all of that. you may tell in basic terms with the help of staring at your baby in the event that they are ok weight clever...in case you think of that they'd have a weight project ask your scientific professional and start up up removing each and all the fattening/processed ingredients. in many cases as your youngster's examine up the scientific professional enable you to appreciate the percentile that your baby is in for top and weight my son has continuously been off the charts yet yet he suits up on his weight for the top that he's. good success.

Answer 9

You know how when you go to a theme park or a fair, and theres a sign saying you have to be this tall to ride. The same thing applies to sky diving. Wait until he is older say maybe 8 or older.

Answer 10

YES YOU ARE. AS A PARENT, YOUR JOB IS TO DEMONSTRATE SOUND JUDGEMENT AND PROTECT YOUR KIDS FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. A 3 YEAR OLD HAS NO CONCEPT OF THE DANGER. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECIDE FOR THEM, THAT RISKING THEIR LIFE IS A GOOD TIME. WHAT IS WRONG WITH HELPING HIS MOTHER WITH CHORES? THAT SHOWS A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY. YOU ARE TOO SELFISH. IF YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE MASCULINE BEHAVIOR IN YOUR SON, GET HIM INTO SPORTS, AND BEING GOOD TO WOMEN. REAL MEN KNOW WHAT WOMEN REALLY WANT, AND KNOW HOW TO MAKE WOMEN FEEL GOOD. REAL MEN GET INTO GUY THINGS, BUT STILL KNOW HOW TO PLEASE A WOMAN.

Answer 11

yes! why would you take a kid skydiving at that age? you might think that it'll toughen him up, but what if it scares the crap out of him and he's scared for life? why would you even think about doing that? it's good that he's helping his mom out around the house...