Paul Jordan wrote:

Why would someone with an amateur license and a fine radio want to talk to
kids with walkie (frs) talkies in the first place??


Not everyone has or wants a license, so it's easier to carry one radio.

The use of an amateur radio on FRS is not right, but as long as it's
done on the lowest power with a rubber ducky, and you're not an a$$,
you should be OK.