Parents scared of amateur boxing

[Tuggers1986]

Tell them your joining the army. When they tell you how "Dangerous" it is just say its something you really want to do.After you've made them sweat for a bit tell them you've changed your mind and decided to take up Boxing instead.

[BROOKLYN CESAR]

If you really want to box you will find away kid!!! just train for the mean time and time will fly!!! it might not be a bad thing for you to train for a few years!!!

[Chris46]

Could you just not tell them that your boxing and make your own way to the gym and back?

[leff]

16 years old

there comes a time in every young mans live whan you need to take controll over yoursefl, its not given its taken. and its sounds like your ready

[leff]

Tell them your joining the army. When they tell you how "Dangerous" it is just say its something you really want to do.After you've made them sweat for a bit tell them you've changed your mind and decided to take up Boxing instead.

joining?

aint military service mandatory in the us?

[squealpiggy]

Ask if you can go and train to keep fit. Then tell them how much you love it. Eventually they'll cave and let you try it, even if it's only in the hope that you'll quit the first time you get socked on the nose. If it's any consolation my parents don't like me boxing either, and I'm 30 years old and live on a separate continent. My dad keeps suggesting I get a sponsor for my matches. I could paint their logo on the soles of my shoes...

[Marduke]

joining?

aint military service mandatory in the us?

You have to register yourself for selective services when you turn 18 (the draft).

But no, everyone in Iraq enlisted in the Army/Air Force/Navy/National Guard themselves.

I don't think any politician would dare reinstate the draft, it would be political suicide in this day and age.

[Gareth Ivanovic]

Well both my mom and dad dont want me to box as an amateur cause they think ill get brain damage and they think ill be more rough around people and not calm anymore. they also say its not high class and i guess they kinda think its gunna make me somehow more of a bad person. also they say boxers are ****** or something, even though ive told them there are pro boxers that are in college n stuff. mostly they dont want me boxing cause they think its really dangerous and ill get brain damage though. i showed them sites of comparing amateur boxing to football and other sports but they dont believe me and tell me not to believe everything i read. i also showed them deathrates, but they say just because an amateur doesnt die, he can still have brain damage. i really wanna box as an amateur, but i would really need to convince them first. can anyone give me some info? thanks.

I understand there worry for you safety and thats why probably today boxing isn't a mainstream sport because parents don't want there kids to do it for the safety reasons. Do you come from a pretty wealthy family? Because there comment about the sport not being high class seems ignorant. I know a lot of boxers come from rough lives and bad situations, but that doesn't mean that everybody in the sport is poor and uneducated. It seems like your trying to educate your parents about the sport which is good. If it's really what you want to do you have to go for it and if your parents truely care about you they will let you pursuit it. Like others have said it's probably good that you train for a while before you start having matches. Good Luck I hope it works out for you, we need more young athletes now a days turning to boxing.

[kNIVEK2]

Could you just not tell them that your boxing and make your own way to the gym and back?

nah, i wouldnt be able to do that. first it would be really hard for me to get transportation there w/o my parents or housekeeper. second, even if i did get some kind of transportation my housekeeper is always at home, so it would be too hard to even be leaving the house for like 3 hours. third, even if i could make it there and back with transportation and nobody knowing, you have to be 18+ to sign all the forms and everything about the security stuff.

[kNIVEK2]

Well, start training.

Not that I know a lot about the boxing training process, but I'd assume if you've never trained at all before - you have quiet a ways to go before you have any real fights, anyways.

And honestly, just tell your parents you love them but you really want to do this - and you will one way or another - but that you'd really like their support in this, and to be apart of it with you.

If they still disagree, do what you have to do. If they really love you, they'll come around (eventually). That said, I don't blame your parents one bit for being afraid for you - so don't think they're trying to be *******s - they just don't want you to get hurt.

yes ive told them the stuff you said already. i told them when im 18 i can be making decisions by myself and they wouldnt be able to stop it. i want their support, but if they dont, ill have to go on my own. also i dont think they're trying to be *******s. i know that im young and they care about my safety a lot. its just that i really want to do this.