Be glad you were not my mom, Evel Kneviel was my hero and I would for years (and still to this day) jump things on my bike.
First it started off with my Schwinn Stingray jumping metal garbage cans then BMX started taking off and I raced and jumped with them. Now at 44 I still go to the BMX track or mountain bike trails and still ride like I did back then. I have two BMX bikes I still ride (GT and a Diamondback) and its just what mood and what I want to do tells me which bike to take.
Billy