One of our sons worked as a camp counselor this past summer. They had extreme sports camps among others. My son was merciless in playing extreme dodgeball with those children. We had friends whose sons attended the extreme camps. They are not raising little wusses and neither are we.
Our oldest son used to play wall ball in middle school. He threw around 85+ mph in those years. He and another friend would end up playing alone because they threw so hard. One of the school counselors brought them a softer ball so they wouldn’t fatally hurt anyone.
They are not raising little wusses and neither are we.
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I grew up playing all sorts of contact sports with lots of kids older (and bigger) than me. I was well prepared to play football in high school. My coach marveled at my toughness. lol