Paintball

[Mar]

but suing makes me feel better and compensates me for having failed as a parent!

[d4rksabre]

Originally Posted by Moosepatrol

Okay I am no legal expert but let's get a grip here. These stories me off. This world is getting so politically correct and "safe" for our kids I want to hurl. I have two boys, they play baseball and hockey. While baseball safety wise is much better than hockey it doesn't matter what sport you play, organised sports, motorcycle racing, karate, sky-diving, you know the risk going in. In hockey it takes one kid to hit my son from behind into the boards and my son will never walk again or may die. Now knowing that statement why does he still play? The love of the game and his friends on the team. The municipal government here removed all of our old playground equipment a few years ago (used to be wood and steel bolted together on top of a sand pit), now it is all plastic with recycled rubber matting so little Johnny won't get skinned knee. AAARRGGGHH! I want my kids to be as safe as possible too but I think we have tipped the scales just a little too far to the paranoid side. Unfortunately it all stems from having your *** sued off because of morons sueing when they knew the risks going in. YOUR KIDS MAY GET HURT IN SPORTS. SUCK IT UP PRINCESS.

Amen! Kids are SUPPOSED to get hurt! It teaches life lessons like "watch your ***" and "don't do stupid things". This society seems to want to shield children from every possible form of harm. We're going to get to the point where kids aren't going to be allowed to ride busses because the bus could hit a bump and lil johnny could hurt his butt on the seat belt buckle! "here, sign this waiver so that your child can play kickball." Are schools going to start requiring full protective equipment for gym class?

[idkfa]

Originally Posted by Moosepatrol

Okay I am no legal expert but let's get a grip here. These stories me off. This world is getting so politically correct and "safe" for our kids I want to hurl. I have two boys, they play baseball and hockey. While baseball safety wise is much better than hockey it doesn't matter what sport you play, organised sports, motorcycle racing, karate, sky-diving, you know the risk going in. In hockey it takes one kid to hit my son from behind into the boards and my son will never walk again or may die. Now knowing that statement why does he still play? The love of the game and his friends on the team. The municipal government here removed all of our old playground equipment a few years ago (used to be wood and steel bolted together on top of a sand pit), now it is all plastic with recycled rubber matting so little Johnny won't get skinned knee. AAARRGGGHH! I want my kids to be as safe as possible too but I think we have tipped the scales just a little too far to the paranoid side. Unfortunately it all stems from having your *** sued off because of morons sueing when they knew the risks going in. YOUR KIDS MAY GET HURT IN SPORTS. SUCK IT UP PRINCESS.

You sir a bad parent. No child should have to go through the horror of skinning his poor little knee, that is borderline abuse. I mean, we would not want your child to grow up with an understanding of danger and a respect for the world around him, now would we? I hope that you use child leashes too, can't have them wandering more than 5 ft away from you. Sheesh...

[greenmtnphantom]

Each generation needs to be protected more and more by the government that way the following generation will look to the government for more and more protection and guidence. This is how government wants it.

[Zoo]

Originally Posted by Mar

but suing makes me feel better and compensates me for having failed as a parent!

So true.

I am not a parent, but plan on having at least one child someday. What will it be like then? Lock the kid in a padded room for the day lest he/she get hurt??? Geesh.

[Lomarandil]

Originally Posted by idkfa

I hope that you use child leashes too, can't have them wandering more than 5 ft away from you. Sheesh...

We (roommates and I) were just talking about that last night.. so horrible.


but so stinking funny!

Ugh.. parenting skills just don't exist like they used to.. I've got a few years yet before I start having kids.. but they're being raised the old fashioned way.. I'm dead set on that.

Lo

[d4rksabre]

Originally Posted by Lomarandil

Ugh.. parenting skills just don't exist like they used to.. I've got a few years yet before I start having kids.. but they're being raised the old fashioned way.. I'm dead set on that.

Lo

I was raised the old school way. Respect for rules, consequences for your actions, the threat of physical punishment. It gets the friggen job done. My father used to get it worse when he was a kid back in the 50's. My Grandmother used to hit him and his sisters with the metal wire handle of a fly swatter. And Grandpa used to use his belt.

My dad only threatened spankings. I think I only really got punished one time. The rest of the times were just warning slaps. That was all I needed. lol

[Moosepatrol]

I was raised old school. You messed up, you got beat. Plain and simple. Did I like it, definitely not but it kept me on the straight and narrow, most of the time . You definitely didn't pull some of the stuff kids get away with nowadays, you wouldn't sit for a month!

[Hatchet]

Roger. When I have kids, they're going to get beat. Not because I'm some sadist *******, but because I was punished when I did wrong, and held accountable for what I did. The way I figure, I turned out okay. So will they, I imagine.

[d4rksabre]

I have a feeling the fear of doing wrong that was ingrained in me by my parents through punishment is the reason I'm going into law enforcement lol