That's a tough issue... As a parent, do you:
a) avoid motorcycles completely... sell them all, never expose your children to them, NEVER allow them to have one.... then wait til they move out on their own and go straight to the fastest 600 or 1000cc bike they can get their hands on and using their dare-devil invincibility, end up like this kid did?
or
b) keep your bikes, let them grow up around them, teach them on dirtbikes, let them have a little 250 street bike when they're 16, and HOPE that you instill a level of respect/fear that will keep them from doing something this stupid, because they will know the graphic details of what happens and they will know their limitations based on their previous years of riding... .... or would the opposite happen and their years of experience will translate into their minds as being highly skilled ("mad skilz")... and then their 18-year-old invincibility mode kicks in?....
I'm glad I'm not a father of a teenager. It's tough enough teaching them at school. When I was talking to these kids about the motorcycle I was looking at, they kept ribbing me about why I didn't get a GSXR1000 or something similar, since that's the bike that they had every intention of buying in the near future. I fear for those boys.
-Michael