Is this a strange question? I’ve never ever been asked it so I’m guessing it’s. I’m not in fact obtaining my son a harpoon gun even though I’m fairly confident he would adore it! The reason I ask this can be more the reasoning behind it. Let me clarify in case you are not confident what I’m trying to get at.
The question should actually read :-Q: Would you buy your most beloved person in the whole world and instrument where they could seriously hurt, or even kill themselves? A: No, Don’t be stupid Of course not.
But all of us do really don’t we? Now prior to this gets all righteous and “health and safety gone mad” for the reason that I assure you I’m not this way inclined I’ll inform you why that is on my mind.
My son has recently bmx, broke his leg in 7 places, ouch. He did this by trying to be too clever with his nice shiny new BMX bike that I bought him for his 13th birthday. Now rest assured, I’m from the camp of “these things happen” I firmly believe this, we cannot prevent these things.However, this is my baby boy (all be it, that he’s 13) and he hurt himself on the bike that I willingly gave him, in my head this has become “here son, here’s your first set of butcher knives enjoy!” Ok so that’s a little extreme, but you get my point.
Please don’t get me wrong, kids will be kids, but in this instance I knew that this gift has the potential to do harm if used badly or with a lack of experience and understanding. I knew he’d fall off it at some point, I knew he’d graze his knee or some such minor injury, but this was severe. Luck of the draw? Wrap them up in cotton wool? Or accept it that these things happen?By nature I’m tempted by the latter, but I can’t seem to let this one go. To get a bit diagnostic for a moment, I think I feel responsible for what happened, I have a sense of guilt that I am not able to shake off which is causing me to cling to this instead of moving on and helping him feel better.If any of you reading this, can give me some feedback, please let me know as I am in turmoil of this.