As Romano notes in paragraph 5, “Statsky reasons that fear of being hurt greatly reduces children’s enjoyment of contact sports, ” and as support she cites Tosches’s anecdote about the child who...

As Romano notes in paragraph 5, “Statsky reasons that fear of being hurt greatly reduces children’s enjoyment of contact sports, ” and as support she cites Tosches’s anecdote about the child who “makes himself vomit to avoid playing.” Nevertheless, Romano suggests that some parents think facing fear is a good thing:

In what contexts, other than sports, do people typically experience physical or psychological fear?

Why might learning how to deal with fear (presumably by doing something even though it causes us to be fearful) be a good thing?