to not want my 5 yr old ds to go boxing? would you?

[hayley2u]

sorry another post from me, my life is like a soap opera lol

ok so so my son loves to play box, but dont all boys?
so just has phone call of ex dps parents to ask y views on my ds who is 5 (6 next month) on him going boxing. i completly refused and aid over my dead body.
the exs dp's are against it, its ds dads idea.
i am against this i hate violence, and dont really want to introduce him to this life, plus he s still my baby and dont want him to get hurt. he 's quite timid anyway and his dad wants to toughen him up.
if he was much older andhe really wanted to do it fine id think on it although dont agree. but for now i am not budging
am i being unreasonable ?, whats your views would you let your child?

yer and plus boxing, people get knocked out, not for my boy, if someone hurt him id find it hard to rsist giving them a good smack lol. not over protective honest lol.
might look in to marshel arts in what areas are you

i though one had to be a minimum of 10 years old

although this says 8
here

hayley - Weren't you 20 years old a week ago? How come you have a six year old son?

Sorry, just curious.

Clearly a young mum Cote - does it matter?

Hayley, I'm in Hertfordshire but there will be clubs all across the nation - just google "martial arts and X" your area.

Agree that it's totally stupid. A martial arts class might be a good alternative but I'd be more worried about your ex wanting to 'toughen up' your 5 year old.

Lewis Fan - With all due respect, obviously I think it matters because I have asked the question

I am curious, because her posts last week did not mention a 6 year old at all. She was saying she has a 1 yr old and thinking of another baby.

I might be confusing her with another MNer, but thought it was unlikely that there are two separate 'hayleys' on MN who punctuate sentences with 'lol'.

YANBU!
My ex also used to say similar things about the boys not being tough enough. they are tough, and will be tough, you idiot, as long as you let them develop at their own pace!!!

Can you compromise by starting him in self-defence? My sons did a course in self-defence and some of the children were 5 I think. Maybe they weren't doing very serious stuff, but they enjoyed it, and they weren't trying to thump each other at least.

CoteDAzur, look at her profile.

hayley, dp boxes and says far too young.

no i'm 26 . had my ds at 20 why the question

cote dont know what your talking about i have 5 year old ad 9 month old, and no way want another baby so dont know what your talking about. and if i did what is that to you i poseted here not to be asked all that, sohoew old are you

My dps dad was a boxer and I would say no

Too young, but not against boxing per se for older kids.

I confused you with someone else. No need to be hostile

No. Why would you want your kid's head thumped about? Boxing makes me shudder. I just can't see how brain damage of even the smallest kind can be avoided.

Aren't there any other sports to 'toughen him up' like martial arts?

Toughening up kids is such cobblers anyway. Let him learn how to handle himself and defend himself without getting hurt.

blimey, i'd be slightly miffed if you started questioning my age, even if i'd had a child at 14... what's it got to do with you anyway CoteDAzur?

Cote don't start that old chestnut up again. I'm a bit scared of you now though as you've obviously got some training in martial arts..

Boxing at 5????!! Self defense/martial arts that are non-contact are good to learn at any age IMO as a real confidence booster. Wish I'd had it as a kid. I walk past a tai kwando (not sure of spelling) school every day and see all ages go. They all seem to be good mates when they come out!

I agree with brightongirl

that makes 3 of us...

why thankyou!

Although now I think of it, maybe teaching violence of any kind at that age is wrong, maybe you should just wait till he shows an interest

shows an interest in violence?

LOL Effie!