That’s a fair point.
Nonetheless, data seems to show that people are more susceptible to injury as they age, see e.g. Falls in young, middle-aged and older community dwelling adults: perceived cause, environmental factors and injury - PMC (no data on kids, but it compares young adults to middle aged and older ones) - this is consistent with what I wrote above.
So your report has no bearing whatsoever on this topic because it compares adults to older adults, both sets of which have grown to pretty much the fullest extent.
It’s certainly not conclusive, but it does seem consistent with the idea that people become increasingly susceptible to injury as they age, and not just in extreme old age. I suspect it has to be with bones being softer, less brittle, and possibly better padded, which would suggest that the trendline is consistent for kids as well. But not conclusive, true.
for example, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has suffered multiple concussions, all w/o any actual hit to the head.
Exactly.
While Fotheringay-Phipps link didn’t have much to do with the subject, these three links do.
edited to add: And they are from his source, wonder of wonders.
A lot of boys like the intensity and the yelling, it makes them feel like they are part of something. It can make it feel more serious and less kid like. They don’t want to be coddled. That’s what attracted me to football. All the other sports at that age are just goof off sessions. I liked the instant feedback and that it gave me a way to get it fixed and not make the same mistake again. I’d monitor the situation just to make sure it’s not being directed at just your kid and I’d watch your kids body language to make sure he’s not internalizing it too much but he sounds like he likes it.
I don’t know why you would take the advice of a bunch of dopers over your own son.
The first two of those links have no apparent connection to the issue and just say in general that a lot of kids get injured while playing sports. But the third does say that injuries decline with age.
Because adults know more than 7 year old children, perhaps?
I don’t suppose you took a peek at the first link I provided about concussions, and their cumulative effect?
I already explained why that’s irrelevant in post #39. Reread if necessary.
You don’t bring it up at all in post #39. You re-read it.
Maybe you’re just projecting your own issues onto some kid on the internet.
I explained the difference between the likelihood of injury and the consequences of injury - these are separate concepts. Now reread again.
Maybe…or maybe you just don’t want to hear anything that smacks of being “anti” football. When I raised my child, I tried to let him have new experiences, but I never forgot that I was the one that was ultimately responsible for his health and safety so, no matter how much his eyes glowed or how intensely he said “You can’t make me…!”, I fulfilled my role as a parent and said “no” when I thought it was necessary.
The third link also is talking about soccer, not American rules football, either tackle or flag.
I’ve spent a good deal of my adult life teaching people both to fall, and to apply force to make someone else fall. Falling per se is generally safer for children than for adults for a variety of reasons.
Regards,
Shodan
What health and safety issues are we taking about here?
The ones mentioned in this thread already?
In my experience, people who aren’t very concerned about mental/psychological effects on other people tend not to be very concerned about physical effects either. (“Oh, just shake it off! Get back in the game! You’re not hurt; don’t be a baby!”) Particularly with younger kids who may not be as aware of, e.g., the symptoms of concussion, that’s not good.
YMMV.
Oh the irony.
You do realize that this thread has an actual OP. You should read it.
The kid is playing flag football not tackle. All the health and safety stuff is crap you brought to this thread to derail it so you could get on your soap box.
The kid was not seriously bothered by the stuff the coach said. This kid like loves the intensity and wants to keep playing.
That’s not how adults, especially adults that aren’t even the parents, should speak to seven year olds, and that seven year old should not have the final say over the parent. That isn’t “intensity”-that is verbal abuse.