So when boys climb trees or even get banged up and break arms, "boys will be boys". But god forbid a little girl take the risk of climbing and standing on a counter two feet off the ground (with her weight very solidly balanced, as others have noted)--how awful and what horrible parents for letting her take a physical risk! They should have swaddled her in sparkly pink bubble wrap and never let her get up from the couch in front of the TV.

Of course, these days, it sounds like many Americans don't even want boys to take physical risks. We're all so afraid of the freak accident that we're becoming afraid of life.