Treeclimbing to be banned?

**crazyhorse** · 28th September 2009, 11:51

Kids of today are turning into wimps!

**pete376403** · 28th September 2009, 17:17

No,they are being TURNED into wimps. Leave the kids alone and they will do all the stupid things you used to do. Some of these things will hurt and they will learn something.

**FROSTY:Me** · 28th September 2009, 17:20

Yep my guys sure are turning into wimps. Wont even pushstart the ol mans racebike fuggit

**ready4whatever** · 28th September 2009, 18:42

Stupid. Lets cable tie their feet together so they cant move

**ynot slow** · 28th September 2009, 21:33

Wimps alright.What's going to happen at sports venues now?You know the arsehole tormenting his 16yr old(or other players from sideline)during soccer,and then get someone like me slightly misjudge a clearing kick,and manages to send the ball into his nuts from 10 yards,and act all apologetic as it happened accidentally honest,true,it was an accident it clipped an oposition player as he stuck his foot out,and the deflection did the trick,otherwise it would've gone out further up the field.Picking the ball from his feet,and him wrything sideline,priceless,his son laughing,wife saying that'll learn ya ya bloody prat(in nagging accent).

**MSTRS:Me** · 29th September 2009, 08:14

Originally Posted by ynot slow

...What's going to happen at sports venues now?...

Same as always happened. One team will win, and one will lose.
The only difference is that in an International match, (sort of, but not quite, like it used to be) there is still a near-guarantee of which team will win...

**ynot slow** · 29th September 2009, 09:08

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Same as always happened. One team will win, and one will lose.
The only difference is that in an International match, (sort of, but not quite, like it used to be) there is still a near-guarantee of which team will win...

Are we allowed to lose?I upset the kids teacher about 10years ago at netball,the little 8 year olds or so played well,so asked do you get 1 point per goal,yes miss smartypants kids won't win or lose teacher said,cool was my reply,we got beaten 12-5 sugeest the defence tighten and shooters get accurate(daughter was 1 of shooters).

Couple of parents looked weirdly at me,some even said cool we got same score,sure winning aint the be all,but kids need to know go out to win,if you don't win better luck next time.When I was that age the fun factor of result was lost 5 minutes after the game,once the ice creams were given out,never felt traumatised if we lost while at school.

**MSTRS:Me** · 29th September 2009, 09:23

Originally Posted by ynot slow

...if you don't win better luck next time....

And that, right there, is a big part of the problem.
Winning has fuck all to do with luck...
Just like climbing trees, there's skills involved that need to be learned and practised, if kids are to grow and develop. Losing (falling out of the tree) is part of it.

**ynot slow** · 29th September 2009, 09:34

Originally Posted by MSTRS

And that, right there, is a big part of the problem.
Winning has fuck all to do with luck...
Just like climbing trees, there's skills involved that need to be learned and practised, if kids are to grow and develop. Losing (falling out of the tree) is part of it.

Yep when you get up a tree you have to get down,sometimes harder than getting up,usually involved climbing down and jumping to ground from 10' or so.

We used to see who could get up highest,some were probably 20' which was huge as 8-10 yr olds.And can't recall any of us injuring (breaking bones) ourselves,think it was common sense even then.

We were lucky we had neighbours with land beside us,and dads parents had 15 acres on other side,so were rural in town 35-40 years ago.Best part we could ride the neighbours ponies,or motorbikes,make tree huts,make bmx tracks before bmx was discovered,the raleigh 20 or chopper bikes and home made bikes with long forks were trial and error lol.Yep got the odd stitch in head,but relatively unscathed for what we did.

**Rayray401** · 29th September 2009, 22:28

If winning didnt matter, why keep the score?. . . . .

**ynot slow** · 30th September 2009, 08:59

Originally Posted by Rayray401

If winning didnt matter, why keep the score?. . . . .

Yep tell that to the league teams this weekend,the contenders for ranfurly shield,etc,etc.And we wonder why Aussie are competitive,they go out to win at school age.