cheese, in 1990 I had to get the cert, I was 12 and just got a new blaster, since I did not meet the requirements to ride it during the course, my dad had to take the course while I watched and we both got a cert. a few years later my dad bought an lt80 for my sister and since he had the cert they did not have him/her do it. if you plan on having more kids it might be something worth looking into...???