so while shooting abysmally at targets for div 5 yesterday, i was set up at the bench next to a family of four. i don't know quite how i feel about this, which is why i'm posing the question, but in my opinion the parents were not doing an adequate job of instructing and monitoring their kids. on the surface it kind of seemed like they were, but there were a number of things that irritated/concerned me. first off the kids (a boy about 8 and a girl about 10) were pretty much setup at their own bench, next to me, while the parents were mostly shooting at the next bench over. every time one of the kids hit the target they'd let out a high-pitched "whooohoo!" i'm glad they're excited to be shooting, but i found the noise irritating, and if i was a parent i would (i think) want to temper my child's enthusiasm just a little so that they remembered the seriousness of what they were doing. add on to that, the majority of the time both parents were at the other bench and not actually watching their kids. at one point the boy was yelling something to his folks while still holding onto his rifle (some sort of little bolt action), but not paying attention and the rifle slipped off the bench and fell to the ground. the mom only saw this after the fact. she came over and said something but then turned around and went right back to the other bench.
maybe i'm being too judgmental, but it just seemed like there was not enough supervision going on for relatively little kids. nothing overtly dangerous, but a bunch of little things that could have become dangerous. thoughts?
maybe i'm being too judgmental, but it just seemed like there was not enough supervision going on for relatively little kids. nothing overtly dangerous, but a bunch of little things that could have become dangerous. thoughts?