I never fell off the roof... or the 80 ft trees we used to climb. That's not to say that the likelihood of that being zero, however, of the approximately 50 peo

I never fell off the roof... or the 80 ft trees we used to climb. That's not to say that the likelihood of that being zero, however, of the approximately 50 people in my circle of friends that did those things, I only have recollection of 1 falling out of a tree and breaking an arm. I once trod on a nail and had it go through my foot... compared to the countless numbers of sprained wrists, ankles, broken ankles, legs and arms occurring in organized sports. I realize the fallacy of statistics, but anecdotally, 1 broken arm from falling out of a tree in a pool of approximately 50 test subjects vs. more than a dozen in a test pool of similar size for organized sports. I realize that not allowing your kids to do anything is much safer, but at a much greater cost to their happiness.