Paranoid Parents

[mag_pbg]

This isn't a flame or anyting Im just wondering whats up with all the paranoid parents, like the ones who won't let you play paintball, or the ones who don't trust the net! I feel very badly for you guys, and hope that things change soon. I guese my parents are the only weird ones.

[Miscue]

People tend to fear things they don't understand.

[FooTemps]

Um, I started each and every one of the paranoid parents threads...

[TITAN]

my parents were paranoid and wouldnt let me play till my uncle who works with agd got me a minimag with out asking my parents about it and ever since they think its a great sport and let me play whenever i want

[gmag]

Its simply a common case of ignorance.

[media]

Use statistics. If it's injury they are worried about, some paintball publication (can't remember which one) did a neat compilation of injury rates among diff sports including paintball. Paintball had by far the lowest injury rates. They shouldn't even consider eye injuries since those are stupid people and stupid people seem to account for extremes in almost every statistical analysis.

[nilloc 93]

I think I read that same article. I remember something to the effect that more injuries occur in bowling than in paintball.

[Gup44]

For those of you who want to whip some knowledge on uninformed parents... here you go.

http://www.paint-ball.org/safety_report.htm

Found on www.paint-ball.org
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