Comments on: Basketball Blues http://kshoop.com/2009/01/27/basketball-blues/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=basketball-blues Author of The Last Letter Tue, 15 May 2012 13:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kathie shoop http://kshoop.com/2009/01/27/basketball-blues/#comment-2248 kathie shoop Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:43:15 +0000 http://kshoop.com/2009/01/27/basketball-blues/#comment-2248 Ray, that's an idea--show the games through public access!! I agree parents cause problems, and I skeeve myself out just for having blogged about this because I think that's the pot calling the kettle black and all that to some degree. My husband and I don't talk about this stuff in this way in front of the kids, always maintain an "above the fray," attitude in front of them, but it is such a weird thing to witness...so, I have as many lessons to learn as the kids in some sense, but we're working on it. thanks for the comment. Ray, that’s an idea–show the games through public access!! I agree parents cause problems, and I skeeve myself out just for having blogged about this because I think that’s the pot calling the kettle black and all that to some degree. My husband and I don’t talk about this stuff in this way in front of the kids, always maintain an “above the fray,” attitude in front of them, but it is such a weird thing to witness…so, I have as many lessons to learn as the kids in some sense, but we’re working on it. thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Ray Shoop http://kshoop.com/2009/01/27/basketball-blues/#comment-2247 Ray Shoop Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:28:47 +0000 http://kshoop.com/2009/01/27/basketball-blues/#comment-2247 "teach someone some life lessons–other than winning for cripes sake." Not while parents want to brag about their kid's prowess they won't. Nor when they think their kid will get a free ride to the Ivy League and a career in the professional leagues. Maybe show the matches live on the public access channel and don't let parents attend? Often they're the ones causing problems, not the kids themselves. “teach someone some life lessons–other than winning for cripes sake.”

Not while parents want to brag about their kid’s prowess they won’t. Nor when they think their kid will get a free ride to the Ivy League and a career in the professional leagues.

Maybe show the matches live on the public access channel and don’t let parents attend? Often they’re the ones causing problems, not the kids themselves.

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