The center of the Earth is no place for kids What kid does not like to dig a hole? It's naural. But sometimes kids want to dig deep, very deep and that is where parents have to step in, because the center of the earth is no place for kids. There are too many horror stories of unsupervised children that got down near the Earth's mantle where ther experienced weightlessness, high temperatures and a lack of oxygen. Many of these kids are never seen again. Parents have to wake up and use some common sense.