Youth ATV’s, Why Size Is Important

by Admin on January 30th, 2008

By suegold

 If your child wants an ATV, you may be hesitant because of safety concerns. While many injuries occur every year, many of them are preventable if children take the proper safety precautions and ride the correct sized ATV. It may not seem like the size of the ATV would matter much, but when it comes to kids and ATV’s, size does matter. Children should not be allowed to ride an adult sized ATV for many reasons.

Large ATV’s take a lot of strength to control and usually have more powerful engines that allow them to go much faster then youth ATV’s. Children should have the opportunity to hone their driving skills on a smaller, slower ATV before they graduated to an adult sized ATV when they are older, stronger, and more experienced. ATV’s can be a source of great fun and a worthwhile hobby for children.

They should always be supervised when riding and wear appropriate safety gear. Many places required minors to wear helmets by law and prohibit them from riding adult sized ATV’s. Even if this is not a requirement in your area, it is still a good idea and will keep your child safe while pursuing their ATV hobby.

Children and pre-teens (ages 6-12) should ride an ATV with an engine size of 70cc or smaller. There are larger models for teenagers, and while age should be a factor in which ATV you choose for your child, other things such as maturity, size, and strength should also be taken into consideration. A smaller child who is 16 should still ride a smaller ATV, and while this may not be optimal for them, it is imperative for their safety. Your child should only drive an ATV that they can comfortable handle.

When buying an ATV for your child, you should make sure it is the correct fit for them. Your child should be able to reach the ground with their feet, without standing on their tiptoes. They should be able to comfortable reach the handle bars without having to overextend their arms. Their arms should be slightly bent as they have a firm grip on the handle bars. They should also be able to reach the ground with their feet and have their legs slightly bent. Getting your child an ATV they can comfortably control is important and will help to keep them safe.

As well as age and size, your child’s maturity level also plays an important part in what type of ATV you buy them. You will have to consider if your child can shift gears or would do better with an automatic transmission.

If you want to retain control over your child’s ATV, whether you think their driving skills need some work or they will have problems following rules, you can consider getting an ATV with a remote switch to turn off the ATV of your child gets into trouble.

Buying an ATV for your child is not a decision to be taken lightly. You should make sure your child knows that an ATV is not a toy and can be dangerous. Make sure they ride an appropriate sized ATV and always wear protective gear.

The author George Satcha is the manager of a store online for ATV Sale. There you can get a wide variety of quality Honda ATV’s, other ATV’s and ATV parts in categories at great low prices.

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The Secret of Rightful Thinking and Living With Intention

by Admin on January 15th, 2008

By Ana Hernandez

 Been doing a little late night reading lately. Don’t you love stealing a moment to indulge in a thought provoking read?

No matter how much life seems to throws at me, how it provokes focus on mundane & worldly matters, it takes but an instant to pause and introspect. In that gentle moment a disconnect brings me to a place where my thoughts are clear and I connect with a higher state of being.

The latest collection in my recipe for higher living comes from the Eckhart Tolle’s latest “A New Earth, Awakening To Your Life’s Purpose”.

Eckhart expands on an original theme in “The Power of Now”, delivering that which he believes the root cause of human suffering.

Tolle says that living in a state of unawareness towards the true nature of what we are is cause for the human misery seen on Earth. He accuses the ego as cause and character playing a leading role in keeping us ignorant of the truth.

I believe Tolle’s writing sets the stage where we can begin exploring to discover the very presence of a ‘veil of illusion’ created by our egos to protect us from the harsh existence of living. Unfortunately, like an overprotective guardian (however well intentioned) the ego becomes the obstacle keeping us from experiencing the true significance of what it means to be human and to be vulnerable.

Like a gatekeeper, it stands between us and the simple act of living to distort all that we perceive as reality. Thus, ego keeps us from realizing the very nature of our own existence.

The ego chooses to believe in a world of duality creating the illusion of a sense of being a separate living entity; a sense that we are separate and ‘apart’ from all other entities around us. Interestingly, we observe that the very word is made of not one, but two run-on words; thus pointing to our misperception that not only are we not ‘apart’ from anything but rather are “a part” of everything.

To borrow from wikipedia in getting a fuller understanding of the origins of ‘ego’ …”In modern-day society, ego has many meanings. It could mean one’s self-esteem; an inflated sense of self-worth; or in philosophical terms, one’s self. However, according to Freud, the ego is the part of the mind which contains the consciousness. originally, Freud had associated the word ego to meaning a sense of self; however, he later revised it to mean a set of psychic functions such as judgment, tolerance, reality-testing, control, planning, defense, synthesis of information, intellectual functioning, and memory.

Another interesting point is Tolle’s description of humanity’s inherited dysfunction. He states that underneath many world religions there’s the core belief that the ‘normal’ state of most human minds contain a strong element of dysfunction, perhaps even madness.

His strong and compelling argument includes Hindus references to this dysfunction as a state of “maya” or collective mental illness whereby man lives in a state of illusory perception of the reality they misperceive. In Christianity this abnormal collective state of humanity is known as “original sin”.

Interestingly, to explore origin of the word ’sin’ shows that we have greatly misunderstood and misinterpreted its meaning in scripture.

Tolle points out that (sin is) “… Literally translated from the ancient Greek in which the New Testament was written, to sin means to miss the mark, as an archer who misses the target, so to sin means to miss the point of human existence. It means to live unskillfully, blindly, and thus to suffer and cause suffering.”

Stripped of the wrongful interpretations given this word through time, we come to understand that the scriptures of Christianity point also to our ego as root cause of human suffering.

Thus, the inheritance of an ‘egoic’ rooted dysfunction pervades the human condition and is the cause of man’s misinterpretation for the very act of being human. And this in turn, is the root cause of human suffering here on Earth.

Dr Ana Hernandez a practicing physician & self proclaimed marketing enthusiast edits the NETfabulous! Marketing ECourse with tips n tricks for both newbie & seasoned marketers alike. Visit netrageouz.net the portal to her delicious recipes for creating killer online & offline marketing campaigns or send blank email to netfabulous@aweber.com

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