“The risks and rewards of thrill-seeking with a teenage brain” published by Sahar Fatima for The Globe and Mail, discusses how extreme-sporting facilities and their operators are not subject to sport-specific government regulations or standards, leaving parents to assess which ones are safe.
“While adults are generally more capable of weighing risks and rewards, adolescents are inherently different: Their reward-seeking system is highly developed, but the brain function that keeps impulses in check isn’t fully mature.”
McLeish Orlando Partner, Patrick Brown, weighs in suggesting that facilities at least be required to report the number and nature of injuries that occur onsite, “I think that transparency should be disclosed to parents attending so that they fully appreciate the risk that their children might be engaging in.”
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