What is the best beginner snake?

[zooplan]

Hi Rhea,
you must be talking about my non rare girls
All their pets are choosen to be nice to me too

[drache]

Udo, Du Glückspilz
my daughter has all the willingness, but not quite the focus, to do it on her own
so for the sake of her pets, I remind a lot and do much myself

[RZL36]

I say the best beginner snake for a kid is a bothrops. Asper, atrox, it doesn't matter. They are all just so lovable.

In seriousness though, boids and pythons are terrible. I don't know why anyone would keep them. They are wildly unpredictable, usually do nothing but sit and eat you out of house and home. I know those folks are gonna be after me, but I just don't get it. My first snake was a ball python. Boring as the day is long. I'm saying kings all the way.

[anji1971]

As a parent, I honestly think the best kind of snake for a kid is a stuffed toy one!!!!
No , really, I'm saying that only because, even though the kids brought home ours, they really aren't that into all the care that goes into it, and if anyone asks, Mom's going to say it's HER snake, not theirs! If it had been up to my kids the poor things would never have made it through the first couple of weeks- as soon as I told them what we had to feed the snakes it was "EWWWW! I'm not touching WORMS!!" In fact, my daughter still isn't sure she's all that keen on touching the snake!!!!!!!
I however, am thrilled that they found the snake, and am proud to admit I'm an addict to these pets

[zooplan]

Hi Rhea,
you misunterstood.
My girls are the "non rare", the normal kids like yours.
I´ve choosen thier pets because I knew the work will be left to me.
My wife is allways trying to motivate and to remember them but what remains undone is for me.

[drache]

alright
no reason to be jealous then
yeah - I veto any pet I'm not interested in
I compromise on the ones I would not choose, but don't mind as long as they're not labour intensive (gerbils okay - birds not)
and I do a lot of redirecting (wouldn't you rather have a pair of these lovely radix . . .)