With my parents, my mother knew that she wouldn't be able to convince me not to do it for starters. Every weekend I would come home and tell her about it and explain what I'd gone through over the weekend to get in the air in the first place - they don't just throw a rig on you and put you in the plane! You go through a fair bit of training. Once I explained this to her she started to come around. The other thing that convinced them to keep letting me jump was the simple fact that every time I got home from the DZ I was still on the buzz from my jump(s). Statistics are good to convince them but the risk factor is always there. - They will always be worried but if you show them that you are having the time of your life and haven't been happier maybe they'll come around. Fun jumping & blue skies
