You all need to lighten up.
Was very nice to hear somebody allowing a child to have fun at no perceptible risk to anybody.
Incidentally, everyone goes on about the aeroflot crash, but the fact that one pilot allowed his kid to crash does not mean giving your kid a go is inherrantly unsafe if properly supervised.
My dad used to let me fly his aircraft from the right for hours on end in the holidays as a kid. It was only a twin turboprop, but none of the passengers ever seemed to mind, and I loved it! He used to let any kid who fancied it have a go.
This age is far too worried about health and safety to live a little and enjoy life.