I saw this video
yesterday that’s going viral on the internet right now. It’s a
highlight reel of a 9-year old girl playing football with a bunch of
boys. She looks pretty spectacular in the video as she blows past all
the defenders and rumbles down the field for some long running plays. My
little girls were nearby while I was watching the video, and I confess
that I did not want them to see it. What she was doing was impressive,
but it is not an aspirational model for little girls.
In the video above, you can see the commentators from ESPN grappling
with whether or not it is appropriate for a little girl to play football
with boys. Most of the men say no. One of them learned the lesson the
hard way after his 15-year old daughter was seriously injured playing on
her high school football team. Another one sounds like he has
completely succumbed to the feminist spirit of the age and says he would
encourage his little girls to play. But the rest of the guys agreed
that it’s a bad idea. They aren’t arguing from a Christian perspective,
but something in their gut tells them it’s wrong, and they are right. Continue at Denny Burk
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