The things no parent should have to see

“I wish I were immortal” my son said to me one day as we walked through the city centre.

Thinking he might have chosen immortality because he wanted to live a long time into the future or because he was really afraid of death I questioned his motivation for eternal life.

“I want to be able to jump off really tall buildings” he explained.

For that he wanted eternal life. TO JUMP OFF BUILDINGS. Because you see, Little Pencil is a thrill seeker.

Little Pencil on the pole

This photo is NOT photoshopped, the pole is on the rocks next to the water’s edge.

He will swing from every beam that he can, climb any height that he see and rather than take the easy route he will take the path that provides the most obstacles. In fact last night I was talking with a friend about the time he went skiing with Little Pencil, he explained how Little Pencil would always seek the path that was steepest and fastest, tuck his chin in and “fly” down the slope.

He loves roller coasters and frightening theme park escapades and when we went to Disneyworld would happily go on every single ride – by himself if his father was not game. He really shows no fear at all when it comes to physical feats.
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This may all sound very normal for a boy, and I am sure that it is, but he is the son of a very neurotic mother and a height averse father. The kind of activity that seems fun to him seems petrifying to me and amusing to his father (if it’s done low to the ground). But from a height the swinging and climbing is just not something we can watch.

The other day, through fingers in front of my eyes, I saw a clip of what I can only assume is a complete nutter doing handstands on the edge of a building.

I can only imagine how his mother feels and was not at all surprised to read that he no longer shows his mother his “adventures.”

I showed it to Mr and Little Pencil and their reactions were just as I presumed. Mr Pencil turned away and Little Pencil said “I’m going to do that one day.”

I swallowed my own vomit.

Seriously – can any parent watch their own child do something so dangerous?  Could you?

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