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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Surprised at the number of people who think this is okay.

so very low brow and low class[/quote]

Meh, least I won't have kids that grow up needing constant therapy.

My boys wrestled for an hour last night, then threw socks at a ceiling fan like 20 minutes past their bedtime. I didn't make a big stink about it. My parenting philosophy is simple, stolen from George Carlin:

-"Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things"

They're only kids once, and if they're having good fun, being siblings? Then so be it. If that makes me 'low class' then honestly, IDGAF.[/quote]

You will be paying for it one way or another when they are older - maybe not therapy (because tough guys don’t do therapy) - more likely drug rehab or suicide.  You know the majority of suicides are white middle aged men - most of whom never learned to control emotions or even talk about them.  Play fighting is just an immature way to cope.[/quote]

Are you ok? Have you met elementary school age boys? Watch recess or really any soccer/football/sports game and you will notice the boys love touching / wrestling each other. They often greet eachother by wrestling or fake punching. We are talking about play fighting and wrestling here, not real fighting out of anger. Do you maybe not see the difference?[/quote]

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