re: Why would any parent push their child to play RB?

I understand the point, but RB is the glory position. I remember playing youth football, no one would care that I had 5 pancakes and 5 tackles while playing both sides. But my rb friend, everyone would be in love with him because he scored three touchdowns. That is just the matter of the game.

If we are being honest. About 95% of football players want to play the offensive skill positions. Eventually most give that dream up. (Lineman realize they're too fat, DB's realize they can't catch and don't like getting hit, and LB's realize they have absolutely 0 vision.)

Usually by college this sort of thing weeds itself out. Everyone who is not in their best position will usually end up changing. But, that is not always the case.