QUOTE : Roughhouse, wrestle, and be active with your children, for age catches up with you fast. Exposure to vigorous play will keep them active even when you are not around. Play-fighting also exposes your kids to physical activity separate from actual anger and punishment. They will not run from any conflict simply because of the presentation of force. They will learn context. There will come a moment where they will hit you. It will hurt. 'They will realize their growing power. To be a man is to be aware of the possibility of physical violence. To sanitize one's persona of all aggressive tendencies is to abdicate a responsibility. Look at children's entertainment today. Why do all the male figures seem gay? They aren't, but they act feminine. They have been stripped of any sense of violence, any capability to attack or protect. These are cardboard cutouts, neutered men.