Mowing with child on your lap

I've been hit in the head with a 2" rock that was thrown from a push mower about 30'. Maybe that's why I'll putt around the yard with my 3 year old daughter on a three wheeler, or let my 6 year old sit on my lap and drive my Mustang, or let my 7 year old shoot a .22 or maybe why I let my 9 year old drive my truck done the driveway or backroads by himself.

Everything is dangerous or a bad idea this days. Obviously, I'm around whenever they are doing something and I'm worse than any soccer mom. I'm vigilant as hell, but I'd never let them do something overtly dangerous. People can criticize if they want, but my kids will look back and remember these times as some of the best in their lives. I have also known more kids than not who are incapable of doing ANYTHING because their parents didn't let them, show them, or teach them how to. My children also know that if they abuse a priviledge or attempt something without me, that I will whoop their a$$. Yeah, I spank my children, but only when they absolutely deserve it and never in excessive force. I guess I'm a bad parent, but at least my children will be competent when they're older.