Question for all you Dads out there
KOBEcollector
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Thought i'd start a different topic for a change
Here's a question for all you guys. How do you fellas feel about fathers who either push their sons into sports , or basically force their kids to root for the teams they root for ? Should we let them travel the course they want or should we nudge them a bit in directions we want them to go. Just curious how you guys handled or will handle your sons/daughters
Here's a question for all you guys. How do you fellas feel about fathers who either push their sons into sports , or basically force their kids to root for the teams they root for ? Should we let them travel the course they want or should we nudge them a bit in directions we want them to go. Just curious how you guys handled or will handle your sons/daughters
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A far as my children, we go to 4 or 5 Yankee games a year, so by default they have become Yankee fans, but we don't push them.
My neighbor next door is a diehard Mets fan but his son is a Yankees fan.
at 14 months know he throws anything that looks like a ball regardless of weight or if it is made of glass or
something!
To tell you the truth, sports is farthest away from my mind when I am with my son. The exciting part is that
he can be ANYTHING he wants to be. Ill back him 100% no matter what!
Enjoy man, it only gets better from here on!
Kevin
You going to put away a 2004 topps set for him?
kidding ... I am not going to push sports on him. Or cards. He can root for any team at any time, just not this season!
Our son has always loved playing football. At times I have to hold him back to keep my sanity! He runs around the house lobbing the ball all over the place and diving and catching it, while yelling names such as Krenzel as he throws and then Michael Jenkins as he catches. He now tries to have his sisters tackle him. It's pretty comical. He used to LOVE the Buckeyes. In fact we even mailed the bum Craig Krenzel a letter and a pic from him of him in his jersey and never heard a thing. He was pretty disappointed by that. Maybe this would explain his abnormal fascination with Maize and Blue.
He also enjoys baseball but not like football. I don't push him in fact he usually asks me to play catch with him. When we do that, his sisters manage to find gloves and bats and want to play as well.
He also really loves fishing and we just had a pond built out back for them all to fish and swim when they are old enough.
JoeStalin, that is probably the finest post I've ever seen you write.
My son is almost 7- I try to expose him to everything and then let him chose. The only stipulation is that once he wants to start something he has to finish it- no letting down teammates by bailing midseason. He never has.
So far he decided he didn't want to play basketball again, wasn't sure on soccer but went for a 2nd season, and is loving it, and can't wait for baseball to start again for the 3rd season.
The only thing I sorta pushed him to is swim lessons, just because of the safety factor. He loves the water, so it didn't take much.
Congrats on the birth- each day just gets better. Make it thru those first 3 months of no sleep and you're home free!
Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's
Kevin, thanks and your 2004 Topps set is a great idea
My daughter is 4 and it's funny because so far she's combined the girlie stuff like playing with her dolls and the boy stuff like playing ball ( not bragging on my kid but you guys would be absolutely floored if you saw this girl swing a bat. Perfect stance and i actually pitch overhand with a wiffleball at a decent speed and she blasts the crap out of the ball. I know this is the live ball era but she's incredible lol )
Kids are terrific but im just worried what this worlds going to be like when their older and when they have kids