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    Obsession, Dedication or Just Pyschotic

    There may have been a thread about this before, and most know that I am to lazy to search for it so I am gonna ask this.
    Just this Past week my two Boys just started football parctice. One In hi school and the other pop warner. Well I have been to both practices, and the parents at the younger kids practice shocked the hell out of me. These crazy ladies were jumping up and yelling at these kids like the were possesed. Some of these kids were like 4 and 5 years old playing flag football. I thought to myself good lord what the hell is wrong with these folks? This instance was just the first two days of practice. Ok now to the reason for this thread. I think my ex might be one of these lunatics. My oldest agreed to play but after 2 weeks of practice he doesnt really like it. My ex has stomped his feet in the ground and said that he is going to play. I calmly told my ex if he didnt want to play why force him then he accused me of babying the kid. So in my state of WTF i told him fine handle it dont ask me for advice on the issue.
    Anyone with stories relating to this please offer advice you dont have to have the kids, but may have been one or know someone like this.
    When you find yourself arguing with an idiot, you might want to rethink who the idiot really is.
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    I always hated sports at school as a kid and no amount of parental 'footstomping' was ever going to change my mind, and never did...
    Speaking of Erith:

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    • #3
      Tell your ex to shove the football up his arse if he feels that strongly about it. Your son doesn't want to play football so he shouldn't be forced to. Don't defer the matter over to your ex, he'll just screw your son up. Daddy can relive his glory days vicariously through someone else's kid.
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      • #4
        I wouldn't either - I remember how much I hated that sh*t at school too...I was always an academically minded kid, never a sports kid.
        Speaking of Erith:

        "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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        • #5
          My son is built like a player 6'3 245lbs but that doesnt make him a jock. He enjoys computers and playing with the guitar. Hes more on the arts side. Im trying to come up with a tactful way to go about this though most of me would love to tell him to shove it.
          When you find yourself arguing with an idiot, you might want to rethink who the idiot really is.
          "It can't rain all the time"-Eric Draven
          Being dyslexic is hard work. I don't even try anymore.

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          • #6
            What really shocks me is that parents force these kids to do this. And then yell and scream when they arent any good at it. I dont get it
            When you find yourself arguing with an idiot, you might want to rethink who the idiot really is.
            "It can't rain all the time"-Eric Draven
            Being dyslexic is hard work. I don't even try anymore.

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            • #7
              Parents are stupid

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              • #8
                I've seen some of these parents too - it's pretty sick how they press their children to do something they don't want. Maybe it's their own broken dreams they are trying to live out through their children - not good

                Luckily, my parents didn't mess with my sports witch may be the reason I ended up with a pretty weired mix : rowing, dance (std/latin) and sailing
                With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

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                • #9
                  Well I am on my kiddos side cause when i was a kid my mom made me do the cheerleading thing for pop warner, Come on im like 5'11" I have been a tall child all my life can you imagine me as a pop warner cheerleader bing 7 and already as tall as the coach?? I did quit and chose my sports when i got older. I did volleyball and soccer. Tough spot is how to convince a sports luney to get the freaking picture.
                  When you find yourself arguing with an idiot, you might want to rethink who the idiot really is.
                  "It can't rain all the time"-Eric Draven
                  Being dyslexic is hard work. I don't even try anymore.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Obsession, Dedication or Just Pyschotic

                    Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski
                    There may have been a thread about this before, and most know that I am to lazy to search for it so I am gonna ask this.
                    Just this Past week my two Boys just started football parctice. One In hi school and the other pop warner. Well I have been to both practices, and the parents at the younger kids practice shocked the hell out of me. These crazy ladies were jumping up and yelling at these kids like the were possesed. Some of these kids were like 4 and 5 years old playing flag football. I thought to myself good lord what the hell is wrong with these folks? This instance was just the first two days of practice. Ok now to the reason for this thread. I think my ex might be one of these lunatics. My oldest agreed to play but after 2 weeks of practice he doesnt really like it. My ex has stomped his feet in the ground and said that he is going to play. I calmly told my ex if he didnt want to play why force him then he accused me of babying the kid. So in my state of WTF i told him fine handle it dont ask me for advice on the issue.
                    Anyone with stories relating to this please offer advice you dont have to have the kids, but may have been one or know someone like this.
                    High school football in Texas is unfortunately above the law and answerable only to God, leading to a skewed, warped reality as far as allocation of funding goes, as well as a generally poor academic experience for high school students.

                    Some parents are obsessive about their child making straight A's; others want their child to perform at Carnegie Hall before 12, and others still want their child to play football, no matter what. Your ex has no right to push your son into doing an extracurricular activity like football if he doesn't want to: furthermore, if your son IS forced onto the team, he could face even more problems from the team and coach if he isn't motivated to go through their bull**** traditions and practices. No need to force your son to face the ire of redneck jocks. Let him focus on the talents he has, that he likes, which will in the end be far more productive, and useful.

                    And one final rant against HS football: coaches don't give a **** about the health or well-being of their players. Studies have shown that the heavy lifting and exercise that teenage football players are forced to do have a negative impact on their body, as the muscles, tendons, etc are still developing.

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                    • #11
                      Well, even sports luneys are some kind of humans, and if they are able to make it fun for their children, I don't mind.

                      I have been dancing since I was six and is probalbly above average (practice helps ), but I have seen parents go crazy because their children wasn't considered good enough to participate in special events.

                      5'11'' is that something like 1.77 meters ? That is close to my preferred high of a dance partner
                      With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

                      Steven Weinberg

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                      • #12
                        It really depends on your kid. If he just doesn't like it, there's probably not any sense in starting a family fight. If he really hates it, you gotta stand up for him, though I'm not really sure what you can do.
                        Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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                        • #13
                          A kid that doesn't play football is not worth feeding.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by BlackCat
                            Well, even sports luneys are some kind of humans, and if they are able to make it fun for their children, I don't mind.

                            I have been dancing since I was six and is probalbly above average (practice helps ), but I have seen parents go crazy because their children wasn't considered good enough to participate in special events.

                            5'11'' is that something like 1.77 meters ? That is close to my preferred high of a dance partner
                            I think so but Im not sure i dont measure in meters and stuff. Friend of mine said I am 1.8 meters tall.

                            @Che I agree I do not want to start a fight with the family. My ex explained that he has already shelled out 100.00 for shoes and equipment he explained that was the reason he is making him play. He told me that if the kid dont like it after one season he leave him alone. I figured that was a good trade unless my son is very very unhappy.
                            When you find yourself arguing with an idiot, you might want to rethink who the idiot really is.
                            "It can't rain all the time"-Eric Draven
                            Being dyslexic is hard work. I don't even try anymore.

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                            • #15
                              High school football in Texas is unfortunately above the law and answerable only to God, leading to a skewed, warped reality as far as allocation of funding goes, as well as a generally poor academic experience for high school students.
                              I've heard it's that bad. I would say in AR it's huge but somehow sports aren't above the law here.My state senator suggested eliminating PE to open up more time for all the other subjects, and he will definitely get reelected (dunno if his suggestion ever became law or not, though.) A couple years ago we passed a property tax increase for the school district, and the first revenue went into building a new stadium (capacity 4-5,000 I think?), "multi purpose building" (an indoors astroturf field), a new field house, new baseball fields, etc. but also a lot of the money went to real education and now that all that's been paid a lot more of the revenue is going to education, probably no new facilities for athletics for a very very long time...
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