[originalbuckeye]

Yes. The whining that is accompanying football is a prime example. On those playgrounds of the fifties we might have gotten hurt. But our parents didn't sue the school and we recovered. We cannot protect our children against every little scrape or broken bone of childhood. But, without the experiences of risk, the children of today are growing up without that uniquely American characteristic of wanting to take risks. Without the risk takers, we are just another dying Socialist NeoEuropean country. But that is the Dream of the Obama Regime.

[Starboard]

Good post.

I remember spending a lot of time in my youth playing what was called murderball. Basically rugby with no rules whatsoever; just hold onto the ball for as long as you can and taunt the other “players” for not being able to take it away from you. Keep playing until everyone is physically exhausted. It was good traing for life’s challenges. lol