<p>Don't worry -- girls are perfectly capable of finding creative ways of bruising and breaking things. This fall, my cadet chose flag football for intramural and joined the women's rugby club. She took glee in telling me about all her black and blue spots...</p>
<p>Then she broke her toe in December, on a pull-up assist machine -- she found out the hard way what happens when the big toe occupies the space between a rising platform and stationary weight. And when the toe heals, she plans to re-join rugby, and go skiing.</p>
<p>Kid's fine, mom's a basket case, what's new??</p>