Not sure what you are trying to say Champ but .... I know a girl who led many, many .12 and several .13 sport routes at 13 years of age
Are you going to say that there parent is crazy because she climb better than lot of us at 13, are you going to critizise the way there parent teach her how to climb and are you going to say that a girl who can crank on a 5.13 can not have a pressure of fifty pounds on a rope to stop a fall (fifth ed of mountaineering freedom of the hill, belaying technique there is a figure).
With a grigri and abc situation, a kid can hold a fator two fall without any problem. Why criticize those parent who have a different apporach than "I am to scare to" when they bring there kid to the cliff.
"Are you going to say that there parent is crazy because she climb better than lot of us at 13"
No.
"are you going to critizise the way there parent teach her how to climb"
No.
"are you going to say that a girl who can crank on a 5.13 can not have a pressure of fifty pounds on a rope to stop a fall (fifth ed of mountaineering freedom of the hill, belaying technique there is a figure)."
No.
"With a grigri and abc situation, a kid can hold a fator two fall without any problem."
Ummm... anyone catching a factor 2 is going to have a problem. Little girl, you, me, Strandman, a factor 2 is a big f'ing problem. But you have a deep grasp on the physics of climbing based on Freedom of the Hills so I'll assume you mis-spoke.
"Why criticize those parent who have a different apporach than "I am to scare to" when they bring there kid to the cliff."
No one is doing that Champ. If parents actually use what you are calling "abc situation", and I know you mean that their is a ground Anchor INLINE with the Belay device, and first Carabiner then yes, a 50lb kid can catch a 300 lbs adult without getting hurt. The issue, is in the situations I have observed little kids belaying they do not have "ABC" set up, which is hard when there is no upward directional BEHIND them, like there could be in a top-rope scenario.
Let's be clear, we are talking about multi-pitch belaying, not ground belays. There is a big difference, and many here understand special care should be taken with little ones in this situation. No one is saying "don't take little kids climbing", or "don't let little kids belay"... just be aware of the forces involved and what might happen should you fall. In many cases, bringing an adult, or just not taking a belay, might be better than what could happen.
Not "teaching fear", just looking at all the angles.