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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 691056" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Sorry. I disagree. I'm sure there are schools that are different and do this but my daughter played sports from early on and was a sports rock star. Nobody ever won unless they won. I'm sure some schools do it differently, but as long as it stops on high school, I don't believe it is damaging. A little silly, not dangerous. The kids all know who really won.</p><p></p><p>Bullying is even worse now. Name calling you can learn to deflect. It taught me unfortunately how to be mean back and to swear in order to intimidate the intimidators and it did teach me to never be a bystander around bullying. My kids picked up this trait too. Girls are getting beaten up now. Nobody is soft pedaling it. The cops are called. Nobody should be afraid to go to school.</p><p></p><p>I have no problem not offending people. White people don't know what it's like to be a minority in this country, but no whites should be allowed to be called ethnic slurs either. Nobody needs to hear bigotry in my book, certainly not at school. I fail to see how teaching kids to be nicer and more tolerant of differences makes this a worse society. I won't agree that it does so agree to disagree.</p><p></p><p>Ditto on failing to see how parents who don't want their kids to get hurt, especially concussions, is coddling kids. The truth about concussions is coming out and it's SCARY. this isn't what I consider helicopter parenting. To me this is common sense.</p><p></p><p>My husband is a ten year Viet Nam vet and my youngest is going to school for law enforcement. Hub puts the flag out on American holidays. That he does this neither made my kids better or worse. They have all turned into good kids and I'd say three of them are great kids. Overly patriotic? No, not even husband who served for so long. We talk about the good and bad here. We thank vets for their service though. We appreciate them.</p><p></p><p>I still think the problem with some kids us they were not taught to work for anything. But even under those conditions, many kids still turn into good adults. None of mine are soft or unable to deal with life and I was one of those moms who never spanked, etc</p><p></p><p>I look around and can't point to one particular type of family that creates a less resilient child. I though no a lot is genetic. And every generation has always moaned that the good old days were better. Just ask Socrates. He said so too. That was quite awhile ago.</p><p></p><p>I do respect your opinion as we all differ and that's why this forum is good. It's helpful to read different viewpoints. Usually you and I agree <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 691056, member: 1550"] Sorry. I disagree. I'm sure there are schools that are different and do this but my daughter played sports from early on and was a sports rock star. Nobody ever won unless they won. I'm sure some schools do it differently, but as long as it stops on high school, I don't believe it is damaging. A little silly, not dangerous. The kids all know who really won. Bullying is even worse now. Name calling you can learn to deflect. It taught me unfortunately how to be mean back and to swear in order to intimidate the intimidators and it did teach me to never be a bystander around bullying. My kids picked up this trait too. Girls are getting beaten up now. Nobody is soft pedaling it. The cops are called. Nobody should be afraid to go to school. I have no problem not offending people. White people don't know what it's like to be a minority in this country, but no whites should be allowed to be called ethnic slurs either. Nobody needs to hear bigotry in my book, certainly not at school. I fail to see how teaching kids to be nicer and more tolerant of differences makes this a worse society. I won't agree that it does so agree to disagree. Ditto on failing to see how parents who don't want their kids to get hurt, especially concussions, is coddling kids. The truth about concussions is coming out and it's SCARY. this isn't what I consider helicopter parenting. To me this is common sense. My husband is a ten year Viet Nam vet and my youngest is going to school for law enforcement. Hub puts the flag out on American holidays. That he does this neither made my kids better or worse. They have all turned into good kids and I'd say three of them are great kids. Overly patriotic? No, not even husband who served for so long. We talk about the good and bad here. We thank vets for their service though. We appreciate them. I still think the problem with some kids us they were not taught to work for anything. But even under those conditions, many kids still turn into good adults. None of mine are soft or unable to deal with life and I was one of those moms who never spanked, etc I look around and can't point to one particular type of family that creates a less resilient child. I though no a lot is genetic. And every generation has always moaned that the good old days were better. Just ask Socrates. He said so too. That was quite awhile ago. I do respect your opinion as we all differ and that's why this forum is good. It's helpful to read different viewpoints. Usually you and I agree :) [/QUOTE]
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