Originally Posted by Ryduce

My take on this is that we must remember that all sports a child participates in are inherently dangerous.

-The worst injury I ever had in my entire life was from little league baseball.And I've played high school football,I've wrestled,and I've fought.I broke my leg in 3 places sliding into 2nd base when I was 10.

-A kid had an asthma attack and died in my pee wee football league.

If kids are wearing pads,and are supervised I don't find it any more dangerous than any other sport they participate in.The only difference is that now they have a skill that could very well protect them in the street.Kid's fight when they are young,it happens,this would I think make a child more confident and less likely to be bullied.Also,think about it,if a 40 lb kid is wearing 8 or 12 ounce gloves,he really isn't going to be able to generate any kind of power.

It's certainly more productive than setting on myspace and playing video games all day.I would never force my kid to do anything,but if this was something he was seriously emphatic about doing,I would allow him to.