[TruthBeforeAll]

My uncle did the same thing to me (though just around the neighborhood) when I was a little boy. He even let me steer the wheel. I still remember it to this day, and he is my favorite uncle.

Back when I was riding a motorcycle (Yamaha V-Max) on a regular basis, my nieces and nephews ages 6 -12 would beg me to take them for a ride. I would strap my full face helmet on them, set the younger ones on the gas tank in front of me and scoot way up so they were supported on either side by my thighs. They would then grab onto the handle bars and off we wold go through the neighborhood. Looking at that from the perspective of a pansy nanny state, that might seem dangerous and stupid. Looking at it from the perspective of an uncle who loves his nieces and nephews, and who wants them to enjoy life and experience as much as possible, I say screw the nanny state. Those kids will never forget those rides and still to this day ask if I have a motorcycle.

Plus, these kids mothers and fathers know I would give my life for the kids and trusted them with me (even if they did say a little prayer as I pulled away :)

Now having said that, Britney Spears would not be my first choice of role models, but what she does short of physically abusing her children is irrelevant to me.

[Angus MacGregor]

My uncle did the same thing to me (though just around the neighborhood) when I was a little boy. He even let me steer the wheel. I still remember it to this day, and he is my favorite uncle.

That's nothing.

Back in the day, I would let my little girl sit on my lap and drive the car on the highway while I finished off a 5th of Jack.

I did the gas and she drove. Did 75, kept it straight, no problems.

She was 5.

Now a days they got so many crazy rules, it just takes all the fun out of parenting.

[Tribune7]

Looking at it from the perspective of an uncle who loves his nieces and nephews, and who wants them to enjoy life and experience as much as possible, I say screw the nanny state.

Ditto That!