Basically, I’ve just started horse riding lessons and my friend a previous rider would like to start again at the same club as mine. She says she has asked her Mum once and she has said maybe. She really wants to do it and stopped when she was 9 (now 14) so she kind of nows what she is doing. how can she persuade her parents to definitely let her go?
Find out why her parents are objecting:
- money (she could pay for it through babysitting)
- safety (she could do some research on what the club is doing to keep riders safe)
- interferes with school work (does she have good grades?)
She needs to tell them your going to be there and she promises to stick with it, and she want’s to do it to spend some time with you and enjoy what you both like to do together.
I’m 12 and my friends and I say this to do things together.
Get her to ask her mum directly why it may not be a possibility. Riding clubs/schools can usually be checked out online and many of the "safest" are logged within official societies [eg/ if you're in the UK, 'The British Horse Society'], which may help her mum decide that it’s a safe and good environment.
If she’s scared of her daughter getting hurt, put forward the mandatory hats and maybe a body protector suggestion.
If it’s a money thing see if between her and her mum if something can be worked out to pay off the lessons [eg/ babysitting or work at home].
Before the lessons begin, if the mum is still at a maybe, get her friend to bring her to one of your lessons, let her watch and see how it’s a good environment with stable horses, most riding schools will allow this as long as neither watcher are a heavy distraction.