Your kids are concussed, like Yeti (or by Yeti)

[CT III]

I'd let him play, but I'd like to see some advancement in helmet technology.  Hard to believe that there isn't some cushy gel stuff that would work better than the padding there now.

I would imagine that viscosity and incompressibility would be downsides of gels, unless the helmet is increased enough in size so as to explode and shoot gel everywhere by way of converting energy to work.

This is the only thing worth reading in the entire thread.

[Internet Apex]

This is the worst thread in Desipio history that TDubbs hasn't posted in.

You sure know how to rescue a thread.

Intrepid Reader:



"Meh."

[Eli]

Intrepid Reader:



"Meh."

Oh, that's outstanding.

Actually, Chuck's face there reminds me of someone else.



"I do."

[Slaky]

This is the worst thread in Desipio history that TDubbs hasn't posted in.

You sure know how to rescue a thread.

Intrepid Reader:



"Meh."

Though I've met Chuck, I'm just now realizing he looks like an older Adam Brody.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Just know that I have fewer fat rolls than Mrs. Hendricks.

I do have smaller boobs, tho.

[Slaky]

Just know that I have fewer fat rolls than Mrs. Hendricks.

I do have smaller boobs, tho.

But you look better with and without makeup.

[Richard Chuggar]

This is the worst thread in Desipio history that TDubbs hasn't posted in.

Not anymore

[Gilgamesh]

I would probably be inclined to allow my son to play, but only after he became fully aware of the possible consequences.  If he still decides to do so after that, more power to him.

SGil might beg to differ, however.

This is where I'd really like to come down on it.  But at what age are they really bright enough to properly digest risk analysis, medical information, etc.  14?  Probably.  7?  Probably not.  The 7 year-old needs me to make these kinds of decisions for him.

I have some strong pussy tendencies on this subject, and so I voted "fuck no" for lack of a better option.  But having a toddler and knowing this will probably come up down the road, assuming he doesn't run off to Fork's ballet academy...I wrestle with this one big time.   

I can certainly respect all sides of this debate.

The way I see it, the 7 year olds that aren't my tough as nails son aren't going to hit hard enough to cause injury thanks to their effete liberal parents and the overall decay of the masculine side of western civilization. So as long as you raise the kid to hit and not be hit he'll be okay.

I don't know the appropriate age.  Again, it's entirely dependent on the intelligence of the child and the parenting skills of his or her sperm/egg donors.  Some kids know it's bad to smoke at ages 7, 8, and 9.  Same for other harmful things found in the house.

Football is dangerous.  Children can understand this point.  Telling them that it's even more dangerous than just the big hit one sees on occasion might take some more work, but it can be done.

[Quality Start Machine]

As long as kids are playing against kids their own size (more important than age), and proper safety precautions are being taken in regard to equipment & officiating, contact sports (yes, even soccer) are great for kids.

But if you see your kid starting to backpedal when an opportunity to hit comes along, get him the fuck off the field, even if it's under protest. That's an injury waiting to happen.

[Internet Apex]

As long as kids are playing against kids their own size (more important than age), and proper safety precautions are being taken in regard to equipment & officiating, contact sports (yes, even soccer) are great for kids.

But if you see your kid starting to backpedal when an opportunity to hit comes along, get him the fuck off the field, even if it's under protest. That's an injury waiting to happen.

What if he's able to ELAVATE HIS GAME when going against the bigger kids? What then?

[Powdered Toast Man]

My daughter's not leaving her abstinence dungeon for another 30 years.  What she does after that is up to her.

[Bort]

My daughter's not leaving her abstinence dungeon for another 30 years.  What she does after that is up to her.

Ah, the old war of attrition with Yeti tactic.

[Yeti]

My daughter's not leaving her abstinence dungeon for another 30 years.  What she does after that is up to her.

Ah, the old war of attrition with Yeti tactic.

I think I might be able to become IAN's son-in-law someday. And cheat on her with my father-in-law... Sounds like a great Discovery Channel sitcom.