It's one thing to encourage your son to not be afraid, get out there and tube behind the boat in a hundred feet of water. It's another to see him take a spill off that tube, head first, at twenty five miles an hour.You would be amazed at the breadth and scope and ferocity of internal dialog, debating the pros and cons of fostering a healthy respect for personal safety while simultaneously encouraging a wanderlust for trying something that might frighten you, that can take place within the three seconds it takes for a seven year old to bob to the surface.
The look that child's mother gave me, gentle readers. I'm still trying to salve the burns from the lasers.
Mother's fine. Dad, after tossing lunch and downing two Nexiums, is fine as well.
Little guy, well, he is ready to go again.
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Parenting boys takes a lot of moxy.
2 words: TUBE WARS! 5 tubes to be exact, w/ 8 kids (ages 12-22) leaping from tube to tube in super hero costumes, attacking each other w/ King of the Hill tenacity, and hanging on for dear life when the boat driver decides it's time to dump the whole kit and caboodle - no matter HOW fast he has to go to do it. ... I've moved beyond the "safety" messages - and picked up my camera to inform posterity. Just gets better and better.... Hang on for the ride old man - and ENJOY!
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