No running with sticks .. or do you allow it? (6yo)

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Anonymous wrote:Same, no running with sticks, or pens or pencils, or lollipops…. No running with pretty much any object that can stick in the throat or eye or abdomen.

We do the same. We also don't allow any sharp objects with 100 ft of any kid. My husband and I both carry around sand paper (verified to be carcinogen free, of course), for us to quickly dull any pointy objects we find while traveling.

You can never be too careful.

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Anonymous wrote:Are the other parents out there watching their kids? No one I know would be okay with that. It’s an accident waiting to happen…but other parents may not be paying attention.

I told a kid not to throw sticks at the park one day and the mom turned to me and said if they can’t do it at the park then where can they do it. And I’m like, ummm nowhere…!

Were they throwing it *at someone? Otherwise MYOB.

You throw stuff in the woods, not a park. That’s the issue.

What if the woods are in a park?

Then it’s a park not the woods. I assume you had a stick impaled in your head at a young age?

Ok to be clear, your position is that there are no woods in parks?

DP. It’s kind of the opposite, isn’t it? All of the woods are in parks. .

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Im watching my kid out now with a friend hitting a rock with a big stick. They love it.

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My 3 year old has been running around all month with a pool noodle he swears is a fire fighter hose.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in the Rescue 911 era and I think that stuck with me. I found myself calling my 6yo to stop running with a stick while playing outside with neighborhood kids and realized many other neighborhood kids were also running with them.

Assuming other parents have no issues, is it just me?

I think my worry is you fall and get impaled in the eye or neck or chest.

Generally this upsets me. I call the kids over and replace the sticks with guns - I mean this is America. Why give then a stick when they can have the real deal.

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Anonymous wrote:This reflexive "no" is why kids and teens are filled with anxiety and incompetence.

My kids have been allowed to play with sticks (and stones) as much they want from birth, so they learned very young what is and isn't safe and I can trust them. If there is a crazy stick-wielding child on the playground, they avoid them and don't crave the conflict.

It's especially important for boys to play-fight in various ways without shame, and the more you create safe ways for them to do that while in your care and with your attention, the less likely they are to act out and go wild in school or recess.

+1. Sure I let them play with rocks and sticks. When they were little I watched them at the playground and made sure they didn’t hurt other kids. They’re much older now, and I assure you they’re mentally and physically healthy kids.

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When I was little we ran with sticks and sword fought, maybe even daily. We built forts and used them as props, for walking, as tools. Yeah we played with all of nature's gifts - sticks, stones, leaves, dirt, sand, etc. I never got impaled, neither did anyone I knew. We lived near a large woods were we would play unsupervised most of the day. I'm a girl too - so I can imagine the boys did the same. And yes, sometimes someone got hurt, like falling out of a tree and breaking an arm. That made us go home for help, but I think the benefits of this time outweighed the minor injuries.

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My dad was an eye doctor. We did a lot of dangerous stuff growing up, but running with sticks was not one of them. You only have two eyes.