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Originally posted by Forksref
Why would anybody put a 1st or 2nd grader in FB? Developmentally, all the research says the body is not ready for contact until at least junior high age (bones not hardened). And why do all activities for kids have to be organized by parents? Let kids be kids.
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I agree ForksRef. My 8 year old is not in the Pop Warner program in our area for that specific reason... Well and because he is too big for his age group and not old enough for the next level... 5' tall and 95 pounds. Sized like a 5th grader.
But that aside, I do think that it is too early to put the pads on those kids. I have him in rec flag football, and that's what I will do with the others as well. I plan on getting them into the contact version in 7th grade.