Anthony Bonner Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 kids need to be exposed to things and then let them decide if they like it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony Bonner Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 hour ago, Behemoth said: If you live in certain neighborhoods you’re basically playing against Frank Ribéry‘s kids. No chance to just play for fun. Ribery might be able to field his own team of half-siblings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joethefoodie Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 4 minutes ago, Anthony Bonner said: kids need to be exposed to things and then let them decide if they like it. Yes. My friends and I started gambling in 6th grade, smoking in 7th, and drugs in 8th. We liked them all! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
voyager Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 54 minutes ago, voyager said: I also feel strongly that the kid should show interest in participating. 24 minutes ago, Anthony Bonner said: kids need to be exposed to things and then let them decide if they like it. Exactly. But not forced if disinclined. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephanieL Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I was forced to take piano lessons as a kid. The only good part about them was that I learned how to read music. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tubbs Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 hour ago, voyager said: I also feel strongly that the kid should show interest in participating. Eh I'm still at the sign em up for everything and see what sticks age. At least at lower ages it's just clinics so if they stop going nobody cares, and it's quite cheap for the ones run by the town. For my older one it was a bit more annoying as a lot of the more casual clinics didn't really happen during covid, so post-covid there's a weird split between kids who got private/parental/travel instruction and those who did nothing. We've had more luck with things like tennis where it's done by skill level rather than age group. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 24 minutes ago, StephanieL said: I was forced to take piano lessons as a kid. The only good part about them was that I learned how to read music. Same. And I can still play Heart & Soul, Prelude in C and like 4 bars of some CPE Bach thing that I can't even remember the name of. So, very useful! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
voyager Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 3 grandkids. One avidly involved in each seasonal sport, one mildly or neutral, one totally disinterested. Each accommodated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
splinky Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 children are empty vessels into which you can pour your own failed hopes, dreams, wishes and goals. they can get their own lives when they can afford to pay for stuff 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bloviatrix Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 On 3/6/2023 at 7:36 AM, Anthony Bonner said: I am of the view that there is very little point to lacrosse until 3rd grade. I actually think we lose kids because they start too young. I say this as someone who started their kid in Pre-K. I actually agree with you on this. And my kid started at the same age. That said, lax ranks second among the 4 organized sports he plays and I think the one thing that eases the pain of hockey season ending is that lacrosse starts the following week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bloviatrix Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 22 hours ago, Anthony Bonner said: kids need to be exposed to things and then let them decide if they like it. This is exactly how we've operated. He knows that if he wants to stop playing he can. However, if he want commits for a season he has to play the ENTIRE season. No quitting midway through as his teammates are depending on him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Evelyn Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 A very healthy 59 year old Trustee for Alabama died of one of the variants of Mad Cow Disease last week. He started having memory issues about a month ago. Got the diagnosis of 4-8 weeks. Died just short of the 4 week mark. The doctors agreed that the virus had likely been dormant his system since a hunting trip to Europe many years ago. They found a couple of other people had contracted it in a similar time frame/area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 That really IS weird. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
voyager Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Indeed. We spent substantial time, like a month a year, In Britain during mad cow, and later similar time in France. I was not eating red meat at the time, but husband was, snd there us always the possibility of cross contamination in the kitchen. Mist menus claimed they were serving only South American beef. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I was hiking across Yorkshire the Summer before Mad Cow became A Thing. My wife and I definitely observed a lot of cattle that seemed to us to have a very strange affect. It seemed weird at the time -- and scary afterward. God knows we had Sunday roast during that hike. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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