Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This entire thread sums up why there are so many whiny, ill equipped adults (both male and female)... some of the parents on here coddle their kids preventing them from properly developing and becoming regular adults... kids like to wrestle, both boys and girls. Nothing wrong with letting them do it as long as it's safe.

Where's the line between roughhousing and trying to solve problems with violence?

Sometimes it's very thin-to-nonexistent.

Apparently someone studied this and adult women who didn't grow up with brothers aren't able to distinguish between real and play fighting. The rest of us (men and women with brothers) are able to tell a lot more accurately.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/growing-friendships/201506/do-boys-need-rough-and-tumble-play

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This entire thread sums up why there are so many whiny, ill equipped adults (both male and female)... some of the parents on here coddle their kids preventing them from properly developing and becoming regular adults... kids like to wrestle, both boys and girls. Nothing wrong with letting them do it as long as it's safe.

Where's the line between roughhousing and trying to solve problems with violence?

Sometimes it's very thin-to-nonexistent.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This entire thread sums up why there are so many whiny, ill equipped adults (both male and female)... some of the parents on here coddle their kids preventing them from properly developing and becoming regular adults... kids like to wrestle, both boys and girls. Nothing wrong with letting them do it as long as it's safe.

Where's the line between roughhousing and trying to solve problems with violence?

Sometimes it's very thin-to-nonexistent.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprised at the number of people who think this is okay.

so very low brow and low class

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.

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.