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Turk wrote:What makes me squirmy is the more likely scenario that the parents are so hypercompetitive and loudly coaching their little travel team "star" from the stands (so there's no doubt everyone knows they're the parents), that the kid gets sick of whatever sport it is and quits playing.

Turk wrote:

bjornolf wrote:

lawgrad91 wrote:As a paranoid prosecutor, I get squirmy when I see those magnets on the backs of Mom-vans with a ball, a team name, jersey number and the name of a kid on them. I would not put it past some of our sex offenders to show up at a ballfield and ask little Susie, whose name he knows because he saw her get out of the van, if she wants to walk to his car by the woods to get some ice cream.

My wife and I are definitely freaked out by the ones with the family's names on them. Definitely seems unsafe to us.

What makes me squirmy is the more likely scenario that the parents are so hypercompetitive and loudly coaching their little travel team "star" from the stands (so there's no doubt everyone knows they're the parents), that the kid gets sick of whatever sport it is and quits playing.

CameronBornAndBred wrote:Even though crude, I love the bumper sticker that says "My kid beat up your honor roll student".

DevilAlumna wrote:

CameronBornAndBred wrote:Even though crude, I love the bumper sticker that says "My kid beat up your honor roll student".

As a geek/nerd, these fundamentally bother me. I don't think physical brutality is something that should be celebrated over academic achievement. Smart kids get picked on enough in school - why endorse it further, particularly as a "parent"?

windsor wrote:My poodle is smarter than your honor student.


(and probably better behaved)

windsor wrote:My poodle is smarter than your honor student.


(and probably better behaved)

wilson wrote:

Turk wrote:What makes me squirmy is the more likely scenario that the parents are so hypercompetitive and loudly coaching their little travel team "star" from the stands (so there's no doubt everyone knows they're the parents), that the kid gets sick of whatever sport it is and quits playing.

...or even if he/she gets to be exceptionally good at whatever sport, they reach the point where they're so zeroed in on one thing that they're unable to function normally in any other capacity in a normal life.

DevilWearsPrada2.0 wrote:

wilson wrote:

Turk wrote:What makes me squirmy is the more likely scenario that the parents are so hypercompetitive and loudly coaching their little travel team "star" from the stands (so there's no doubt everyone knows they're the parents), that the kid gets sick of whatever sport it is and quits playing.

...or even if he/she gets to be exceptionally good at whatever sport, they reach the point where they're so zeroed in on one thing that they're unable to function normally in any other capacity in a normal life.

Tiger had to quit the Players Tourney after 9 holes. He was limping on every hole, and had to withdraw. He might need Hip Surgery, like G (Gerald Henderson Jr).

CameronBornAndBred wrote:

DevilWearsPrada2.0 wrote:Tiger had to quit the Players Tourney after 9 holes. He was limping on every hole, and had to withdraw. He might need Hip Surgery, like G (Gerald Henderson Jr).

Somewhere out there, Throaty is dancing a jig.

DevilWearsPrada2.0 wrote:

wilson wrote:

Turk wrote:What makes me squirmy is the more likely scenario that the parents are so hypercompetitive and loudly coaching their little travel team "star" from the stands (so there's no doubt everyone knows they're the parents), that the kid gets sick of whatever sport it is and quits playing.

...or even if he/she gets to be exceptionally good at whatever sport, they reach the point where they're so zeroed in on one thing that they're unable to function normally in any other capacity in a normal life.

Tiger had to quit the Players Tourney after 9 holes. He was limping on every hole, and had to withdraw. He might need Hip Surgery, like G (Gerald Henderson Jr).

CameronBornAndBred wrote:

CathyCA wrote:OMG! I do sooooooooooooooooo remember the first time that one of my kids (finally) made the honor roll at school and I got to put one of those "My child is an honor student at Allen School" bumper stickers on my car. You all cannot believe how thrilled and relieved I was. I'm certain that my reaction at the assembly (yes, I was one of those stay-at-home moms who attended the honors assemblies each month) embarrassed and scarred my child for life.

Even though crude, I love the bumper sticker that says "My kid beat up your honor roll student".

DukeUsul wrote:

CameronBornAndBred wrote:

CathyCA wrote:OMG! I do sooooooooooooooooo remember the first time that one of my kids (finally) made the honor roll at school and I got to put one of those "My child is an honor student at Allen School" bumper stickers on my car. You all cannot believe how thrilled and relieved I was. I'm certain that my reaction at the assembly (yes, I was one of those stay-at-home moms who attended the honors assemblies each month) embarrassed and scarred my child for life.

Even though crude, I love the bumper sticker that says "My kid beat up your honor roll student".

Wanna talk about snark, my high school had this sticker they gave out to everyone: Lenape High School - We honor ALL our students

CathyCA wrote:Oh, my thuggish inner city high school could so beat up your preppy honor student high school.

wilson wrote:

CathyCA wrote:Oh, my thuggish inner city high school could so beat up your preppy honor student high school.

Mine too.
To the beat of a killer drumline.
And me and my quiz bowl teammates would whoop your team too.

DevilAlumna wrote:

wilson wrote:

CathyCA wrote:Oh, my thuggish inner city high school could so beat up your preppy honor student high school.

Mine too.
To the beat of a killer drumline.
And me and my quiz bowl teammates would whoop your team too.

My high school's quiz bowl team might take exception to that... but i went to a geek math & science high school.

CathyCA wrote:Wilson, yours wasn't an inner city high school full of thugs. Mine was and still is. And we can kick your quiz bowl team's butts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hanover_High_School

wilson wrote:

CathyCA wrote:Wilson, yours wasn't an inner city high school full of thugs. Mine was and still is. And we can kick your quiz bowl team's butts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hanover_High_School

I assure you that we had plenty of thugs. And I'm still calling B.S. on the quiz bowl thing. ;)