I think the freedom to play and experiment is a good thing. Talking to your children about "risks" so -they- learn risk analysis is a very good thing. However

I think the freedom to play and experiment is a good thing. Talking to your children about "risks" so -they- learn risk analysis is a very good thing. However, from the article, Mike Lanza sounds a bit of a male chauvinist. I don't like the tone of males vs females and his anecdotes. At young ages, especially before puberty, there isn't that much of a gap between girl and boy athletic capabilities. There is a huge gap in parental and society expectations and norms.