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Message: [QUOTE="holdzy, post: 2987117, member: 9001"] I had a similar in some ways but different in others experience growing up. I played for the Redcliffe dolphins growing up, I was small but very fast. Contact was never a problem. Beyond the unavoidable bruises, i never felt unsafe really. I learned how to take a tackle very early on (also how to take a fall, being a bit of a clown growing up). Ironically, I had the most trouble playing cricket. I was very successful as a kid playing cricket, played rep and had a lot of people planning my future in the ranks coming through. My dad wouldn’t let me wear a helmet growing up, the idea being if you get hit you deserve it because you should have dodged it. So there is inherent risk in most sports, and on top of that the way people are coached and trained. Some parents think it has to do with ‘having balls’, but hopefully most know better. My daughter wants to do gymnastics, and seeing her do back walk overs and shit makes me cringe as much as if she was playing full contact footy. It’s not really about the superiority of argument as a parent, it’s more about literally feeling it in your bones concerning your kids safety. Times have changed, for sure. For the better, I think though. If it’s not safe, there is less of a ‘eh, **** it’ attitude, but perhaps also a tendency to over protect as well. [/QUOTE]

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