Just got back from visiting my brother and his three kids. They are the most paranoid people I have ever been around. My brothers wife and mother-in-law have the kids terrified of everything. They don’t want the little boy to play baseball because it is too dangerous!?! I have 3 boys who are wide open until they hit the bed, sports, dirtbikes, hunting, fishing, camping, bb guns, the whole nine yards. My youngest son told my sister in law that you’re not hurt until the bone is sticking out, she about had a cow! LOL I feel horrible for those kids, so do my parents, it’s breaking their heart.
My questions: (1) any bone sticking out? (2) blood in spurts? (3) anybody unconscious/nonresponsive? If the answers to all those are "no," ride on!
My son is so cautious about everything. He’s skinny and not athletic, so he’s never been interested in sports.
Recently, my husband has gotten both of them involved in airsoft. They both love it. They go to organized games with a big group of boys (young and young at heart). They get to climb around in the dirt and shoot each other.
My sister-in-law never allowed my nephew to play in the dirt- seriously she was too worried about germs. It is insane. My grandson is six and he is all boy, he has been allowed to play in the dirt, rough house, ride horses, etc. since he was really small. He always has scratches and bruises though and my daughter is paranoid that she will be accused of abuse. We have to watch him like a hawk and keep him toned down before he visits his other grandparents because they have a cow if he has a scratch and won’t let him play outside in the dirt. I don’t know where all this paranoia came from. I understand the supervision being stepped up due to the crazies but letting a child play is still possible if one isn’t nuts.
My wife has two daughters from her first marriage. Both daughters have husbands who never played sports when they were young. The daughters have now started having kids, and I will definitely have my step-grand kids (?) playing sports at our house when they're old enough. No play-stations or X-Boxes will be allowed.