Shoveit4Ks posted:Mine wanted a longboard when he was 15 or 16. At that point, we knew he was pretty good on the mound. I said no. It was a big deal. I stuck to my guns. He rode a friends anyway and had a few spills, nothing serious. He jumped off of cliffs up in the mountains into the swimming hole below. Who knows what else he did and what "risks" he took being a boy.
Yeah, I think sometimes the biggest issue is the mentality of the teen. I just had a kid text me that he won't make bullpens tonight because he stepped on some glass at the beach and cut his foot. Wouldn't be surprised if someone saw the glass and dared him to walk across it. This kid probably hurt himself thirty times in the last year, 29 of them being from doing something just really stupid, regardless of what type of sport or activity. Look at me! Look at what I just did!