Good question. The booboos aren't really a big deal for me, as much as them learning that hitting and wrestling are okay forms of play, and what they will do when they're angry. They may have a hard time realizing that although your brother doesn't mind getting pushed over, the kid at the playground might.

Although, I don't want them to be complete pansies.

I actually think the way you're currently handling it is probably the best way to go.

(btw, love how you try to hide which parent is which)

I don't have any problems with my three boys wrestling/play fighting as long as they do it in safe place i.e usually outside on the grass or in their playroom (when it's clean...). If it gets too rough, we make them take a break for a little bit. With my guys there's no stopping it anyway so we try to just make it as safe as possible for them.

I think rough-housing is an important part of growing up. My son is going to be six months old next week and his daddy LOVES to get on the floor and roll around and play rough with him. I know wrestling will be encouraged in our household and I will be there to kiss the bumps and bruises away. As long as kids are supervised, I think it should be allowed.

I've put a stop to it because the boys are older (7 & 9) and it was getting way too rough as well as the 7 year old having issues with aggression. Recently, their dad put it to a stop as well...they were coming back injured (to the point where the 9 year old's knee seriously could have used stitches, but their father won't take them to the hospital or doctor, period, and by the time I picked them up from him, it had already been more than a day and pretty well closed on it's own...only to be reopened when he bumped it a week later...like I said; it should have had stitches) EVERY single weekend that they were at daddy's and more than half of the afternoons spent at his house (also worth noting, they typically were *not* supervised, so I'm sure that added to that problem). I also don't want them being rough with Megan as they have 6 & 8 years and quite a bit of weight on her...and, like I said, they do not know when to stop. So, in our case, it fell into the "dangerous" column and has been discontinued.

Oh for goodness sake. I think that not allowing boys to play this way is just being overprotective. Children get owies all the time, its part of being a kid. There's nothing wrong with making sure this occurs in an area where there are very few or no things for them to smack their heads on, but stopping the play all together is just unnecessary and ridiculously over protective. :/

This is the exact situation I'm going through now. I nanny two boys (6 & 3), and the 3-year-old always likes to grab his brother and start roughhousing. As long as they aren't making TOO much noise, I let them go on, but sometimes, as is expected, someone gets hurt, and the fun stops. But the 3-year-old grinds his teeth, and I know when he does he's getting extra aggressive, but it usually doesn't escalate that bad. 

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