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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jumping on the couch is clearly dangerous.  One of my kids went to the ER for stitches after horseplay in the LR and hitting his head on the corner of a table.  A kid jumping on the couch could easily break an arm or worse by falling off the wrong way.

Due to that type of danger I was very harsh in ordering my kids to stop any risky behavior immediately, and if they didn't I physically stopped them and we had a no fun serious conversation about never doing that again and listening to an adult.

There was no 1 2 3 in a situation like that.  I used ` 1 2 3 if I said time for bed and they didn't get up and go.[/quote]
It is 1000x better for your kid to get knocked around with minor injuries (stitches and broken arm - 6 week fix) than to have a neurotic mother hovering over them and hounding them to death their entire childhood.

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This! OP you have no tolerance for anything risky and it could hurt them more because they don't know the limits on their own bodies. My 8yo still hasn't injured himself enough for a trip to the ER and I've been wondering if he's taking enough risks. I certainly don't over protect him. But by this age I had been to the ER 3 or 4  times.  [/quote]

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