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My husband and I both raced as teenagers (starting at 14) we were never that good but we enjoyed it and its how we met. My son is turning 4 next month and my husband has suggested we get him a bike, I'm unsure and my parents are against it. Am I being an overprotective mother, or should we wait until he is older?
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I have no problem with kids racing at all and my youngest started his career at the age of 4 and is now racing pro lites nationally. Generally when they start there is not as much speed and less chance of injury and not till they make A grade as Junior and start racing at a higher level that it becomes a dangerous sport. Make sure you purchase all the proper safety gear. The only advice I would give is to get the bike and start your son racing but be guided by his own interest in the sport. i know that we unintentional created a monster in buying our son that first bike as we had not been involved in the sport prior. Little did we know that once he threw his leg over the bike it was going to be a commitment that would take us thousands of kilometres just to have him race and this year he has to fly to new zealand to race the sx. It is expensive and would not have been a career of my choosing for him as I have sat listening to the motors on the start line as they jump from the line with my fingers crossed as they all head for that first corner. Your stomach is always in knots especially when a yellow flag goes out and your son does not come. I have had phone calls when not there to state that he has been badly injured and have jumped in the car and hopped a plane and then spent the next 4 months nursing him. He has had both arms broken at once, his leg broken, foot, collarbone, Knocked out, fractured ribs stitches in his face, arm, leg and the worst by far a dislocated leg. So if your child loves the sport to that extent be warned as it ends up taking you and the whole family on a ride you may not expect. My other children raced but did not have the need, desire or passion that my youngest has. So let your son choose if he likes the sport as just because parents may like it that does not mean their children will. So many parents think that their child will be the next chad reed but in reality many either don't have the talent or desire or money to fund it and when they get to teenagers find other interests and I know a family friend wanted their son to race and be interested and were disappointed when they really hated it. That child is now a top gymnast and he loves it.
Thing is your son may just love the sport as a hobby and it is something that a family can do together. And no you are not being overprotective but I have always felt that I cannot wrap my kids in cotton wool and there is so few sports left to boys that enable them to be boys. 4 is fine to start racing.
I have no problem with kids racing at all and my youngest started his career at the age of 4 and is now racing pro lites nationally. Generally when they start there is not as much speed and less chance of injury and not till they make A grade as Junior and start racing at a higher level that it becomes a dangerous sport. Make sure you purchase all the proper safety gear. The only advice I would give is to get the bike and start your son racing but be guided by his own interest in the sport. i know that we unintentional created a monster in buying our son that first bike as we had not been involved in the sport prior. Little did we know that once he threw his leg over the bike it was going to be a commitment that would take us thousands of kilometres just to have him race and this year he has to fly to new zealand to race the sx. It is expensive and would not have been a career of my choosing for him as I have sat listening to the motors on the start line as they jump from the line with my fingers crossed as they all head for that first corner. Your stomach is always in knots especially when a yellow flag goes out and your son does not come. I have had phone calls when not there to state that he has been badly injured and have jumped in the car and hopped a plane and then spent the next 4 months nursing him. He has had both arms broken at once, his leg broken, foot, collarbone, Knocked out, fractured ribs stitches in his face, arm, leg and the worst by far a dislocated leg. So if your child loves the sport to that extent be warned as it ends up taking you and the whole family on a ride you may not expect. My other children raced but did not have the need, desire or passion that my youngest has. So let your son choose if he likes the sport as just because parents may like it that does not mean their children will. So many parents think that their child will be the next chad reed but in reality many either don't have the talent or desire or money to fund it and when they get to teenagers find other interests and I know a family friend wanted their son to race and be interested and were disappointed when they really hated it. That child is now a top gymnast and he loves it.
Thing is your son may just love the sport as a hobby and it is something that a family can do together. And no you are not being overprotective but I have always felt that I cannot wrap my kids in cotton wool and there is so few sports left to boys that enable them to be boys. 4 is fine to start racing.
What does it say about a guy when most of their friends are girls?
Andy T
What kind of guy do you think of? What personality traits? Does the guy look for female friends or do the girls find him
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Well. Andy, you've tagged me! I have very few male friends, and in general i don't like the male mystique.
This is going to antagonize a lot of .....if not all of the males reading this, but the whole macho thing is bullsh--t!. Before you and the other guys reading this classify me as a pansy or gay let me tell you some of the things I've done. I've climbed Denali in Alaska (20,300 ft.), Devil's Tower in Wyoming, soloed Popocatepetl south of Mexico City, broke the Washington state welterweight Olympic press record, sky dived, bungee jumped off of an ice covered railroad bridge in Victoria, New Zealand, and bicycled 4250 miles alone across the United States. I love to cook, bake, classical music, ballet, and I've rewired my home, installed central air conditioning,.....I could go on, but you and the other guys reading this probably think it's bullsh...t too. It doesn't matter; it's all true. But, and here's the thing. I hated sports as a kid... my eyesight wasn't very good and I didn't have any depth perception so the other kids thought I was a klutz.
Anyway, when I reached puberty (~14), I decided that just because I was a gentle soul that didn't mean I was weak. I started lifting and got thrown out of school for fighting until my classmates figured I was crazy and left me alone. That was fine with me because that's all I ever wanted. So it turned out that I had more in common with girls than with guys and most of my friends are women. I can talk to them about all kinds of things. Most of the guys I know are interested in only three things: sports, sex, and politics....and I'm only interested in one of those.As to the macho crap and not showing emotion, I'm a complete failure. I cry at sad movies, and when I went to India to work with Mother Teresa it destroyed me. I will suffer from PTSD for the rest of my life, but I'm still lifting, and though my knees won't let me run anymore, I can still out ride most guys half my age on my bike. I grant you I'm weird. I can thank the way I was treated by the so called "macho" guys when I was young. It turned out to be a blessing. I'm my own man and I think for myself and do anything I damn well please and don't give a damn what other guys think!
Well. Andy, you've tagged me! I have very few male friends, and in general i don't like the male mystique.
This is going to antagonize a lot of .....if not all of the males reading this, but the whole macho thing is bullsh--t!. Before you and the other guys reading this classify me as a pansy or gay let me tell you some of the things I've done. I've climbed Denali in Alaska (20,300 ft.), Devil's Tower in Wyoming, soloed Popocatepetl south of Mexico City, broke the Washington state welterweight Olympic press record, sky dived, bungee jumped off of an ice covered railroad bridge in Victoria, New Zealand, and bicycled 4250 miles alone across the United States. I love to cook, bake, classical music, ballet, and I've rewired my home, installed central air conditioning,.....I could go on, but you and the other guys reading this probably think it's bullsh...t too. It doesn't matter; it's all true. But, and here's the thing. I hated sports as a kid... my eyesight wasn't very good and I didn't have any depth perception so the other kids thought I was a klutz.
Anyway, when I reached puberty (~14), I decided that just because I was a gentle soul that didn't mean I was weak. I started lifting and got thrown out of school for fighting until my classmates figured I was crazy and left me alone. That was fine with me because that's all I ever wanted. So it turned out that I had more in common with girls than with guys and most of my friends are women. I can talk to them about all kinds of things. Most of the guys I know are interested in only three things: sports, sex, and politics....and I'm only interested in one of those.As to the macho crap and not showing emotion, I'm a complete failure. I cry at sad movies, and when I went to India to work with Mother Teresa it destroyed me. I will suffer from PTSD for the rest of my life, but I'm still lifting, and though my knees won't let me run anymore, I can still out ride most guys half my age on my bike. I grant you I'm weird. I can thank the way I was treated by the so called "macho" guys when I was young. It turned out to be a blessing. I'm my own man and I think for myself and do anything I damn well please and don't give a damn what other guys think!
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