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?

lizandlulu, you are definately not the only one who feels the same, however you explain yourself better than i do

yer lizandlulu but t is violent . i could not let my 5 yr old get hit in the face. the boxers yes they trained well dissaplined well are fit , but they are bleeding after there fight, some are knocked out. this is not what i want for ds not a chance.

its good that people want to send there children to mixd classesbut i really hope dd takes up ballet, although not if she dont want to.

my ds is very confident and bubbly and has an amazing personality, people keep telling me to put him into drama classes but not sure his dad would agree

would they actually fight at that age though?

i dont know if they would fight then but surely if you go the training he ll want to do it all up to the fighting and if not his dad might

i think at that age they do mostly pad work. you know, have pads on their hands and aim for that.they would have haed gear on to protect them.

but it is definatley your call. if you are not comfortable with it at all ,then wait till he is older and make up his own mind more

I think a lot depends on the club and who is running it.

My son had a go at boxing at the age of five, admitally we did not continue with it due to time constraints. He only ever went once.

It was not violent. In practice it was aerobics for little boys. They even did shadow boxing to music. The instructor was at great pains to tell them that they should only punch punchbags and if he heard that they were punching other children then they child would be asked to leave the club.

Children were not allowed to make any physical contact with each other until they were 16 years old. The children were taught about anger management and how to avoid fights.

Sometimes little boys need a safe place to vent their aggressive tenancies and excess testoserone.

No way would I let my 5-year-old go boxing.
DS2 was given a punchbag and a pair of boxing gloves for his fourth birthday but that's just a bit of fun in the garden. The punchbag won't hit him back.

The intersting thing is everyone is like do martial arts - you know there is hitting in this right? - I know it is non contact or semi contact and should not get hit however accidents do happen and I think a kick in the head is worse than a punch. I remember watching my DW fight in semi contact bout - now she is a black belt - and she slipped a punch and was ducking down and met a shin coming up into the jaw - I can laugh now - but it was one hell of a kick and she was knocked spark out and ended up with a fractured jaw.

Well why are people worried about boxing but thing martial arts are fine - I think it is more dangerous to be honest.

think even!