ABOVE Hannah was selected for Homecoming
Court, but she also needed to play in the game
that night. At halftime she was escorted by her
crowned Homecoming Queen.
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girls should be allowed to play high school football or any
other “boys sport” (although if I could kick like Hannah,
the thought of making over $4,000,000 on average as a
kicker in the NFL might certainly be tempting). What this
article is about, as Hannah so perfectly stated, is “girls doing
whatever they want to do” without stopping to question “if
everyone else thinks it’s something they should
or should not do.”
Would I have let one of my daughters play
football? All three are grown up and married
now, but if you know Anna Bullard, Erin
Banks, and Ruth English at all you are laughing
hysterically at the very thought of anyone
“letting or not letting” them do something they
set their heart to accomplish. Don’t get me
wrong. Not every path a child wants to follow
should be encouraged. That’s about as ridiculous
as believing that as parents we have the perfect
plan figured out ourselves. No one is that good.
I’m of the opinion that we all need the wisdom
of the sages (your grandma) and an ear to the heart of God.
That said, I agree with Hannah. We should all do whatever
is in our heart without regard to what everyone with an
offhand opinion thinks about it. If a child is willing to put
in the work it takes to be good enough to be asked by the