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How to balance childhood joy with medical risk

My son wants to play contact sports despite his bleeding disorder and I have to choose between his happiness now and his safety forever.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The parent must weigh the child's present psychological needs against future physical consequences in an impossible calculation.

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