A risk-aversed kid

Ethan is wild kid. But he is also very risk-aversed.

We picked up a book on reptiles in U.S. from the library. Along with the descriptions of each species (turtle, snake or crocodillians), it also shows where those animals live within the U.S. Ethan would flip through the pages to find the species that have the word "caution" (aka dangerous) and zoomed into the maps. When he finds out somebody he knows is living close to where these animals live (especially Florida), he will want to warn them about these dangerous animals.

Ethan played soccer last fall. When we asked him whether he wanted to play again in spring or fall, he gladly said yes. That seemed strange considered he was not very good at it (he just had fun hanging out with other kids and be goofy in the middle of the soocer field). So I asked him why, and why not played something like hockey. His answer was: "hockey is dangerous. The pluck can fly to your head and hurt your eyes. But soccer is safe."


-RL-