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I know what I would have done! I would have told him he did a good job and gone on with it like I always do!!!!! I tell both my boys, win or lose in my eyes you are always a winner if you try.

My son does respect any wrestler who walks on the mat, if it happens to be a girl he will just respect you a little differently. If he loses he will not just go play, he will think of what he did wrong and what he could have done different (on his own) because he is very competitive.

I had to talk my seven year old into wrestling a girl. He banged her up a little during the match and was pretty upset about having hurt a girl. After a long search he found her to apologize and felt a little better but he still is eery about it.

I'm through on this topic, my thoughts seem to intensify the fire.

Good luck Marissa, no pun on you just trying to let people understand how a wrestler can feel uncomfortable:I

Add a couple of more years to your son and see how he handles certain moves on her and him.

Julie