[donna]

"Sailing and life in general is dangerous. Teenagers drive cars. Does that mean teenagers shouldn't drive a car?" Laurence Sunderland told the AP. "I think people who hold that opinion have lost their zeal for life. They're living in a cotton-wool tunnel to make everything safe."

You don't think this father had an affect on his daughter's goals?

[meadsjn]

You don't think this father had an affect on his daughter's goals?

Obviously, this father had a positive effect on his children.

Otherwise, they would likely be just hanging out, playing rap music, doing drugs, poking bones through their nose, sporting tattoos, becoming obese couch potatoes, and watching vampire shows and MTV. Oh, and planning for a lifetime of taxpayer-funded nothingness.