Comments on: Rough and Tumble

By: cath

cath — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:31:02 +0000

From Facebook:

Nicole Maxfield Carr at 8:38pm June 16

Yep, we have the same here. Everything is bashed again and again. mind you Zoe loves rough and tumble too! They both pile onto Shane now it is very funny to watch.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:32:14 +0000

Both my boys, 4 & 1 are very physical and always have been. Never in an aggressive way – they’d rather climb and jump on a lounge than sit on it, rather run or jump than walk, rather kick a ball outside than do anything inside, they come tearing across the room at full speed for a hug and throw themselves at me bodily. I have many new muscles and have become a much better catcher since I’ve had them!

By: Pattycam

Pattycam — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:14:48 +0000

Actually I have always found girls are far bigger nastier bullies than boys. Don’t sweat the small stuff hun, just enjoy watching each child unfold. Sounded fun, hope you also took photos. And teach your child to “kiss daddys nose better” or whatever to show his care. hugs!

By: Simply Dawn

Simply Dawn — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:36:54 +0000

I have found it very true that boys are much more physical in their communication. The boys respect the stronger one word answers and don’t need to explore the emo impacts like my girls do. I have three boys and even though my oldest is “all boy” he is still sensitive at 12/13 years old, which seems to be the case with all of them. We just have to help him harness and channel his strengths. James Dobson also has a series on Bringing Up Boys that is supposed to be good.
Lovies,DJ

By: Sandra @ {mum space}

Sandra @ {mum space} — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:53:04 +0000

I have a five-year-old boy and four-year-old girl and I find that our son does need more “strong” physical contact. From everything I have read it’s the testosterone at work. I found it really escalated at around four years of age. He just wanted to jump on us and rumble all day. He has been playing team sports for the last two years and I think that is a great outlet. I was worried it would be feeding the beast at first but it’s been great for him. He’s very gentle with me and mostly with his little sister but I still find that when he gets in a group of boys it can become a bit rough and tumble. I definitely agree that they need to know a limit. We’ve always let our son know if he goes too far and he seems to be getting pretty good at self regulation and awareness of his strength now. Hhe still loves nothing better than a soft snuggle with mama and dada at the end of the day and can be very, very sensitive. I hope he can hang on to this as he grows.

By: Trish

Trish — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:22:04 +0000

as a parent of only boys but girls nieces – yes boys do play rougher and they roll better with the punches.

I think we need to make sure they know when they reach a limit and when they need to be more careful.

By: Damon Oehlman

Damon Oehlman — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:10:41 +0000

I think it is important to note at this juncture that it wasn’t physical force that caused the bleeding but rather our son’s razor sharp nails.

Edward Scissorhands 1 – Daddy 0

Don’t want to sound like Mr Glass here