“6. Teach them to play safe sports like “soccer”.”
You obviously know absolutely nothing about Division I soccer, at least as it is played in South Texas. Many players, usually Hispanic but not limited to them, are coached to ‘take out’ other team’s players. This usually only involves a sprained ankle inflicted by a blow delivered while the center ref’s attention involved elsewhere. But broken ankles, blown knees, and other season-ending injuries are commonplace. It is really pathetic sometimes; one kid gets a yellow card, the other get a ride in an ambulance.
My middle son played D-I club soccer until he went to college. He also was a game official, line and center. It was here that he saw the coaching of intentional blows and resolved to keep his ‘head on a swivel’ while playing. It served him well.