Water Skiing Six Month Old Baby
BRUNHUBER: A video of a waterskiing six months old is making waves on social media. While some people are praising the effort by his parents, others are slamming it, calling it dangerous. CNN's Jeanne Moos, takes us for it.</s>JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Give the kid a hand. At six months, his dad thinks Rich Humphrey, is the world's youngest water skier. Like father, like son. Minus the one handed crisscrossing hot dogging, his parents had him practice on land. They enrolled him in infant swim class, when a video of his waterskiing triumph on lake (inaudible), in Utah, went viral.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Making waves.</s>MOOS: Rich left controversy in his wake. Irresponsible, posted one critic. Going to be awesome when that child grows up bowlegged and suffers from pain, and unable to walk properly. His parents, passed on doing any more interviews, but Rich's mom, Mindy told Good Morning America, that they consulted their pediatrician.</s>MINDY HUMPHREYS, MOTHER OF SIX MONTH OLD WATER SKIER: He was super impressed with how, you know, far along Rich is. He said its fine, and do not worry about it.</s>MOOS: The American academy of pediatrics says kids under the age of one cannot, effectively, raise their heads to breathe. And that a supervising adult, with swim skills, should be within an arm's length, providing constant touch supervision. Instead, Casey, providing touch all right. Both traveling alongside. He says, doctors and a nurse, were on hand, and skiing speed, never went above five miles an hour.</s>CASEY HUMPHREYS, FATHER OF SIX MONTH OLD WATER SKIER: I really feel like the majority of criticism comes from people caring, and people just being concerned, and wanting the best for a child. And so honestly, we appreciate that.</s>MOOS: He also appreciated supporters posting messages like, good parents teach their children young. And, all the haters are probably just jealous because they can't water ski. His dad was beside him in the entire time and he's wearing a lifejacket. Awesome. Now that aquatic milestone has become the baby's profile picture, on his very own Instagram page. His dad, writes, take one look at this kid and tell me he isn't having the time of his life. This is a boy whose dad made him a crib, in the shape of a boat. While other kids are wetting their diapers, Rich is getting his feet wet, very wet. Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.</s>BRUNHUBER: Water skiing baby. Well, that wraps this hour of CNN Newsroom, I'm Kim Brunhuber, the news continues after a short break.