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[QUOTE="holyroller1, post: 140074, member: 23836"] Nephron I tend to agree with your statement. I am not a psychiatrist, psychologist or the like, nor do I claim to be an expert in the area. However I do have training and an education background in Psychology, child development and other courses in this area. You see I am a Youth Minister so much of my training has to do with the development and overall thinking of young people. For the last 5 years I have worked with 100's of young people from the ages of 12-20. Therefore I have seen many different aspects of young persons thoughts. Although most young people gain the ability of abstract thought, and higher thought processes before puberty that still does not mean a person who is only 5 years past that point can fully understand or recognize consequences and ramifications of all of their actions. So many teens are focused on me, me and me. And when they are thinking of "me" they are not thinking of their personal well being, so to speak. We all need guidance to excel, that is fact. We all need human interaction to perform to our full potential. It seems to me that teens especially, do not fully recognize the need for guidance and direction from others. Late teens are in a very important transition time in their lives. This is a time when freedoms that they have never experienced are being opened to them. Sometimes these decisions can lead to very grave mistakes, other times they do not. It varies greatly with the individual as to the level of responsibility they can handle at this time. Another thing I have noticed in my work is the fact the competitive athlete's tend to lend themselves to the "macho, I am able to handle whatever comes my way by myself" attitude. You put things like this together with people pushing them to perform and that one way track of "me" thinking along with the drive to perform to their "full" potential can lead in many directions. Some of these directions can be very detrimental to their well being. It is not my decision as to what Travis should do. However it is still his parents duty to guide him. As another person stated earlier you don't have to put your foot down, just give good advice. It is not good for any athlete to play around with medical conditions such as a concussion. Would I let me son or daughter participate, I think not, but those are my feelings. Sorry for the incessant babbling. [/QUOTE]
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