Originally Posted by BJClark

I constantly tell my son he can not live in my fears..like when he is skateboarding and he see's a look on my face (where I can picture him breaking an arm or leg and I wince up) I tell him "don't look at my face, just get out there and make that six foot drop" but then he also has a fear of jumping a hand rail and falling legs apart on the rail and injuring himself...OUCH..so I just tell him..don't think about it..and give it a try..focus on the trick not a possible injury, let mom think about that for you..

And when he's playing football, or climbing tree's I have to keep reminding myself..this IS what Boys do...and it's okay..and if he gets hurt, that's something he needs to help overcome any fears to become the man God desires him to be..