Quote Originally Posted by mimitabby View Post
my sons both know that part of the reason that they are not rounder is that their mom threw them out to play as often as I could..
I didn't keep my kids in because of fear (a common thing nowadays)
I told them to go out and explore.
Same with my kids. Both had bikes from an early age, roller skates, skateboards and all the rest. Nice day - "Oi! Out and play!"

Even though my son has always had kidney problems he was always out playing with his mates - football usually or climbing trees - doing what lads do. Even after his kidneys failed 5 years ago he still went out playing football. He's 20 now, still on dialysis and still plays football with his mates and cycles with me. Perhaps not as much as others do but I've never tried to wrap him in cottonwool.

So far my son hasn't expressed any interest in learning to drive. I did offer to get him driving lessons and he just curled his nose up at the idea. Mentioned getting him a new (decent) bike after he gets transplanted and his eyes lit up