and that's why you wear a cup!

[Anonymous]

DS (9) has always had a stubborn streak, and one of the ways it’s manifested in the past couple of years has been the endless battle of getting him to wear his athletic cup for karate. “It’s uncomfortable / no! / I’m fine / no!”. Basically everytime. Sometimes he relents after I warn him., and sometimes I don’t have it in me to fight him on it. Today was one of those. “I don’t need it!” “Ok fine. Just don’t say you wished you had it”

Cut to: sparring time. Shockingly 9-10 year olds don’t always have great body control, and lo & behold DS’s partner throws a wayward kick that catches DS square in the ouchies. He’s down in tears. She’s traumatized. I make sure he’s ‘ok’, but not letting an involuntary laugh escape when it happened was a personal victory..

On the car ride home we mutually concluded that wearing a cup is a lot more comfortable than a kick down there (somehow I knew that already despite lacking the equipment) and we’ll be wearing one to class from now on. Lesson learned the hard way!

[Anonymous]

Ok

[Anonymous]

Got it

[Anonymous]

The fight over wearing a cup is a never ending struggle for boy moms, I swear.

He'll forget about that pain and be back to fighting wearing one again in no time, trust me. That's what happens with my sons.

I've concluded it's just more proof on why women live longer.

[Anonymous]

Ouchies?

[Anonymous]

Yikes. So much going on here. None of it good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ouchies?

Imagine kids surprise in sex ed when finds out not actually called the ouchies!

[Anonymous]

It should be non negotiable. He could have been seriously injured. You don’t allow natural consequences when it comes to this. You suck, OP.

[Anonymous]

What recreational sports do ES kids play that should wear cups? My ES boy never wears cup in soccer or basketball, and he gets hit one time. Are these 2 sports safe not wearing a cup?

[Anonymous]

Quite common lesson learned in martial arts and young boys.

Better to learn it young than later on in teens when actual damage could occur.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What recreational sports do ES kids play that should wear cups? My ES boy never wears cup in soccer or basketball, and he gets hit one time. Are these 2 sports safe not wearing a cup?

Baseball!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It should be non negotiable. He could have been seriously injured. You don’t allow natural consequences when it comes to this. You suck, OP.

This. When he has to have a ball removed surgically after it swells up like a cantaloupe, it’s on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What recreational sports do ES kids play that should wear cups? My ES boy never wears cup in soccer or basketball, and he gets hit one time. Are these 2 sports safe not wearing a cup?

Baseball!

They stop in hs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS (9) has always had a stubborn streak, and one of the ways it’s manifested in the past couple of years has been the endless battle of getting him to wear his athletic cup for karate. “It’s uncomfortable / no! / I’m fine / no!”. Basically everytime. Sometimes he relents after I warn him., and sometimes I don’t have it in me to fight him on it. Today was one of those. “I don’t need it!” “Ok fine. Just don’t say you wished you had it”

Cut to: sparring time. Shockingly 9-10 year olds don’t always have great body control, and lo & behold DS’s partner throws a wayward kick that catches DS square in the ouchies. He’s down in tears. She’s traumatized. I make sure he’s ‘ok’, but not letting an involuntary laugh escape when it happened was a personal victory..

On the car ride home we mutually concluded that wearing a cup is a lot more comfortable than a kick down there (somehow I knew that already despite lacking the equipment) and we’ll be wearing one to class from now on. Lesson learned the hard way!

Did you mean to say, “square in the balls” or “square in the testes” or “square in the nuts” or “square in the family jewels?”

Please use more clinically precise language.

I am sorry your kid is such a bloody moron. Do you have a plan for after he ekes out a GED?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It should be non negotiable. He could have been seriously injured. You don’t allow natural consequences when it comes to this. You suck, OP.

This. When he has to have a ball removed surgically after it swells up like a cantaloupe, it’s on you.

Kids are dumb sometimes experience is the best teacher.