My youngest son has taken up a new hobby. Mom is not very happy about it.
Any advice how to deal with it?
Any advice how to deal with it?
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Not much a parent can really do if they want to get into something except to support them.
I know that there were many times that my mom just had to close her eyes at the things that I got into. Thankfully I survived with a few minor injuries.
But in the long run I pretty much was in control of my own decisions on what I wanted to do.
I know that there were many times that my mom just had to close her eyes at the things that I got into. Thankfully I survived with a few minor injuries.
But in the long run I pretty much was in control of my own decisions on what I wanted to do.
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My advice: Get him off that thing before he ends up in a wheelchair, having his parents give him sponge baths for the rest of his life like my friend Phil did. Phil was also "chasing adrenaline". Now he can't move anything but his head. He was 15 when it happened.
Just saying.
Just saying.
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Well he is 19 and in electrical apprentice job living on his own. About all I can do at this point is suggest a safer hobby. I had a short rodeo run as a bull rider. Payed entry fee, barrowed some gear, swung around a few times, hit my head on the ground, and saw stars. I learned real fast I was no cowboy.
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I think the best you can do is pray that he has an experience like yours. My Grandpa spent most of his life on horseback. used to say that with horses or cows it isn't a matter of if you'll get hurt, but when and how bad. He survived numerous incidents that should have killed him and always credited prayer.
Just tell her chicks dig scars, good form there. More power to him hope he enjoys it and stays healthy. Go to some schools for riding with him and tell him to lift and charge.
Always wanted to ride saddle bronk but never did rode bulls and bareback, but the wife thought saddle bronk was too dangerous. Not that coordinated anyways.
Always wanted to ride saddle bronk but never did rode bulls and bareback, but the wife thought saddle bronk was too dangerous. Not that coordinated anyways.
Tell him to get his toes out and the reign more centered. If he really wants to ride, tell him to get to a school. I learned a lot at those schools, even though I grew up around it. Everyone is always worried you’re going to get hurt, ya you’re increasing your chances by doing stuff like this, but you can get hurt in a car crash just as bad. Life is to short not to do the things you want. Rodeo is a great way to make some lifelong friends and I wouldn’t trade those years for anything.
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As stated above, get him professional coaching at a school or other. Buy the best safety gear you can and let your wife be a part of that shopping so she gains some comfort and involvement in the process. Probably obvious but buy really good health insurance and start an HSA to cover bills not covered by the insurance. He will get hurt but chances are if he has the personality to do rodeo, he will find other risky things to participate in if he isn't allowed to rodeo.
Rodeo is very dangerous but so is football and most parents don't think twice about that.
Injury rates have been studied extensively- Bronc riding is approximately 1 injury per 14 hours of competition. Football is 1 injury per 29 hours of competition. Much of the data used for those studies goes back through many years. Safety advances in equipment have come a long ways in both sports but rodeo has made much bigger jumps.
Hilltop and if you rode like I did at 3 seconds per ride it takes a long time to get to an hour of competition lol
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Me and 3 friends trained to ride bulls for a few months. First rodeo of the year one of my buddies is first up. He made it 2.6 seconds before getting tossed and stepped on. He was beat up pretty good... the three of us remaining decided against trying our luck lol. He was pretty upset at us. I did rope a bit later but decided against the animals that intentionally tried to get me off of them.
Never knew those stats. I’ve always been curious what the comparisons would be between all of them. I wonder if the rodeo stats end up slightly skewed because the amount of people that try it with no experience.
it's not just the horses. the buckle bunnies will kill you quick. but what a way ta go!I hear that.
But horses are dangerous at both ends, and crafty in the middle....
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The studies I was looking at were for organized high school and college teams. Bull riding is obviously worse stats and rookies would really tip the scale.
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My bud in Wyoming is a champion team roper. As far as rodeo goes, I'm sure that is about the safest event. But, he is on horses at the ranch all the time, and when I was last out there he was recovering from when his horse slipped and fell on him on a wet hillside. I used to ride horses on the mounted color guard while in the Marine Corps, and on a parade in Big Bear , CA my saber scabbard got tangled in a cinch on a horse ridden by a "saloon girl". After a couple 360's my horse slipped on the pavement. No one was hurt, but I got a garter as a souvenier.
Those are pretty good odds if it’s just high school and college kids. Especially after watching all the high school kids, that had never been around it, try it for the first time, when I was growing up.