Mom Said

No Wonder It's Called Roughhousing!

My 7-year-old kicked my butt

-Stephanie Elliot

Recently, I cajoled my 7-year-old son up to my room for some mommy-son cuddling when a surge of testosterone ripped through me. I started tackling him, and we began to roughhouse.

I head-locked him and got him in some knee-pretzel holds, and we were laughing. He was trying to get away while I was telling him he can't get away from his old mom. This went on for a while ... until I broke a sweat, my heart rate sky-rocketed, and I needed to stop. read more on roughhousing...

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