Sled down the stairs and out the front door like in Home Alone. My stairs didn't perfectly line up so I hit the edge and went tumbling. luckily at 7 my bones were made of rubber and I only had bruises
I was just thinking about this. I'm in my 40's and it feels like I now break a rib if I sneeze hard, and I was wondering whether I'm actually "less durable" nowadays than I was when I was younger
Actually,yes.
Kids bones are less rigid/more flexible. (And younger kids don't even have some bones to begin with -patellae-/they aren't fused together yet -skull-)
And of course you have more weight and a longer "lever" to break things.