Another Movie Thread - Because We Love Them So

[kandrathe]

How can you "fix" our society?

I don't know. I suspect it has something to do with bankers.

Parent's, set a good example!

Yeah, but it just takes one idiot to spoil the whole neighborhood. Hence, I have $1M liability insurance policy just in case someone happens to wander onto my property and get hurt. And... I'm guilty of being protective too. I really don't know my neighbor's, or many of the parents of my son's friends well enough to be comfortable with my kids playing out of my sight.

On the topic of sports... Well, around here the kids begin training for hockey, soccer, baseball, and basketball at age 5 or under. By the 4th grade, if you aren't a superb athlete you will be a bench warmer, and by middle school you won't make even the C squad. The teams practice here 3 times a week, with at least one game a week. In our family, we are aiming for some individual "team" sports, like swimming, diving, cross country, track, wrestling, etc. I see so many of the struggles with friendships that I had now reflected in my kids experience. I was "a late bloomer", and its a genetic trait in my mom's family. The men in that side of the family age much slower, resulting in awkward children who often live past 100 years. This is why I ended up training/showing horses, and doing some rodeo. My wife, who has eye problems, didn't fit into the "sports" where hand eye coordination was important. She often says that playing Frisbee in her family is a deadly sport. She was a figure skater, and is now an ice dancer.