Oh yea, the time will come when they can more than hold there own. My oldest son is 10 years into the Navy, now he is a man. Used to I could wrestle him down and handle him (all in fun) now he is a "hand to hand" combat instructor, and a non-lethal weapons instructor and when he comes home he want to show me the latest moves he learnt. Let's just say that I'm too old for that now. (that's my excuse anyway).