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It’s true.  Valentine’s Day is a day made for women.  But that does not matter.  Good men will remember to take care of their men.  Good Dads will also remember to have their boys get somethig for their mothers. 

This is a great opportunity to teach boys that it is important to make sure the women in their life know that they are loved.  It does not take much.  A homemade card or a little teddy bear from their little boy is all the boys need to do for their mom but it teaches those boys how to take care of their future wives and girlfriends.

Unfortunately, my son has a Dad that still has not done anything for the woman in their life.  Looks like we need to get to work!!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

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About 50% of the videos on Funniest Home Videos involve someone getting hit in the berries.  It is painful.  It is funny.  How do you deal with it when it happens to your son?

Last week at soccer practice, the little brother or one of my players was there.  He wanted to play and we were short, so I let him in.  We were playing a half field scrimmage and he was coming after the ball.  Another member of the team kicked it and it got him right in the cajones.  Myself and several other coaches saw it unfold.  I only wish we could watch it again on slow-mo over and over.  They could have only produced it better in the movie Dodgeball.

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The coaches were giggling on the periphery and the boys on the team were just howling.  The poor child was motionless on the ground, howling in a higher pitch than normal. 

The pain of being hit in the crotch is sever.  It hurts between the legs disabling the victim from walking.  Once that dysfunction has worn off, the pain migrates into your stomach.  It feels like you have to puke and poop at the same time.  Even though you can walk now, you still can’t fully stand up.  Your posture is about three humanoids down on the evolution chart.  From there, the pain slowly lets up and you can return to normal life.

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This poor child at soccer practice was not only in pain, but the high school boys were crowding around him and laughing.  Admittedly, I was laughing too until I realize that he was loudly sobbing.  Not only had he received a massive blow to his package, but his ego was also receiving the same punishment.  That 11 year old boy was hanging with the high schoolers and loving it.  And then he went down and he was embarrassed.

Anyway, I walked over to him, picked him up, carried him over to the picnic table and gently set him down.  He had these big tears welling up in his eyes and I felt really bad for him.  I told him that I knew how bad it hurts and assured him it would go away.  Then I asked him if he was embarrassed.  He said he was so I told him that every guy on the team had probably been hit in the nards and that he shouldn’t be embarrassed.  We have all been there.  Then I left him alone to dry heave until he felt better.  Getting hit in the nuts is traumatic both  physically and emotionally and you just have to give it time to heal

After a few minutes, he was back in the game.  What a trooper.  So the bottom line is that if your boy gets hit in the nutts, pick him up, dust him off, tell him it will go away and give him some time.   He will work it out.