To think that kids sometimes get bruises when they play and that's just fine?

[DrSeuss]

Took DS, aged eight, and best mate to a skatepark. They had so much fun! Came home filthy, sweaty and somewhat battered about the shins. Big bruises next day. Best mate's mum is not keen for them to go again due to the bruises. I think kids tend to bruise themselves when they ae having fun which they did. There was no real injury to either of them.

Yanbu, she's a loon

She is being precious. A big bruise is a joy of childhood, I use to love watching mine change colous

YANBU. My DC are covered in them from normal play, not even a skatepark visit.

YANBU.

The other mum's attitude encourages inactivity and prevents children from making their own age appropriate assessments of risk.

Oh man, if I worried about bruises I would never do anything else!!

Definitely a part of being a kid.

I bruised like a peach as a child. Still do. If I avoided the risk of bruises I would literally need to be wrapped in cotton wool.

My kids are covered in bruises and often have little scuffs and scrapes! They love climbing trees, skateboarding and rolling around on the floor it's unavoidable in my opinion.

YANBU, she is being overly precious.

My ds2 is covered in bruises, mainly to his legs. He hurls himself around when playing and seems to have quite a high pain threshold. Now and again I wince when i see them and wonder what other people might think, but then i remind myself of the fun he has getting them.

Neither of mine is into skating, but I heard the biggest risk to learners is broken wrists, alongside head and ankle injuries.

They had so much fun!

That is the key bit. DS is black and blue half of the time simply from running around in the garden and out and about - perhaps I need to wrap him in cotton wool to keep him bruise free?

Unless a child has a medical reason whereby brusing would cause them issues then I don't see an issue!

YANBU at all. It's only worthy of concern when a child seems to be bruised a lot more than his/her contemporaries or siblings with no proper explanation - that's either abuse or possibly something that needs medical attention.

My knees were almost constantly scabby when i was achild. I ran everywhere and often fell over. I can't break into a trot for the bus now!

Yy sgb. It's where the burises are that causes concern re child prtection as well as patterning. So bruises to soft parts are more suspicious, as are finger imprints

YANBU
DD2 is always covered in bruises, always has been. She's just swaped somewhat daredevil toddler antics for gymnastics.

YANBU, bruises are an inevitable part of playing as a child! I have two boys and they're football mad. They always have an interesting array of different coloured bruises up and down their shins from all the knee slides and tackles!

I agree with you but it's quite easy to get shin guards if she's really bothered.
Were they wearing knee pads? If so tell her she can swap them for knee and shin in one pads (often sold for bmx or mountain biking).

Good grief as the mother of two boys whose legs constantly look as if they've been beaten with iron bars, she's being a bit umm, precious. Ask her if they can go again and when she says 'not keen', you can reply 'Don't be daft, are you actually serious?' in your best ha-ha what a funny joke voice.

YANBU
There would be something wrong with my DC if they weren't covered in shin and knee bruises. I often have quite a few from the corner of our wooden bed frame too

My only concern with taking the boy again would be that his mum would clearly go mad if he was to break something. And it does happen at skate parks. I'm ok with that risk as we mountain bike but I wouldn't take somebody else's child unless I knew they had a similar attitude to risk amd activity as us.

Just as well SS didn't compare here. As I say DD2 is covered in bruises (and has broken her arm twice). DD1 almost never was despite climbing everything in sight.

Why, because, DD1 has innate sense of self preservation. If it wobbles don't climb it, test each branch first and be sure you can get down. DD2 just threw her self at the world.

Generally YANBU

BUT her ds may have some form of bleeding disorder, whereby bruising can be a real issue. It may be mild and she may not be keen to let you know. Or she could be being completely precious.

Her son is 100% healthy, no reason not to be bumped about.
They wore elbow pads and knee pads. DS also had wrist guards, though they didn't really look that sturdy to me. They were bought for the purpose so I have no reason to suspect they were incorrect.

YANBU.

DD (4) has about 12 different shades of bruise on her legs, a couple on her arms and currently one on her forehead (from running into a child at nursery...)

She's an active 4 yo with no sense of fear... It happens!

YANBU

Mine were/are covered in play-related bruises. They are part of a normal childhood, along with nice crusty scabs for picking, isn't it?

aren't they