7 Things "Good Parents" Do (That Screw Kids Up for Life)

[Lewis]

#5. Making Them Play Sports

You'd Think...

Nobody wants their child to grow up a dateless nerd, so as soon as his bones harden up, it's off to football practice. There, the guy who used to steal your lunch money and punched a girl at recess in fourth grade will teach your children important life lessons about fair play and sportsmanship, which will naturally transform them into honest, hard working adults.


Like this one.

But in Reality...

Remember your school days, when Steve the quarterback managed to keep passing his classes despite firmly believing that the first president of the United States was George Washington Carver? If you suspected he was cheating somehow, a study of over 5000 students from the Los Angeles-based Josephson Institute seems to confirm it. According to the study, athletes are some of the most dishonest kids in school, with football players turning out the worst with over 72 percent admitting to having cheated during various examinations. Where does this attitude come from? The study suggests it might be the coaches.


"No, no, take the bat with you!"

But let's face it, you're not sending your kid off to practice so he can have a good time and make friends. You want some goddamn trophies, so coaches are not above teaching kids how to cut corners, feign injuries and do whatever humiliating damage they can to their opponents, because hey, nothing else matters but winning, right?


No, nothing else does.

Website: http://www.cracked.com/article/195_7-th ... s-up-life/

[Ray]

he he he --when even Cracked gets it, you know you're onto a certain and well-established truth.

[blackdog4444]

Reminds me of the jocks back in my school in Iowa.
We had to fill out a survey about using drugs. When the results were in and they announced them, I couldn't belive a word they said.

94% said they didn't smoke pot. Well well, I've heard easily 25-30 people talk about their nights doing chicks and smoking bowls, with about 26-27 of these people being the school's monkey boys.
And that's only me listening in to conversations unintentionally.

God, I hate it when people lie. It makes them seem so freakin stupid, and it's bad enough if they already are stupid.

[Polite24]

You act as if smoking a little weed and having sex is some horrible thing. Kids are going to be kids. And many of the kids that did that growing up are just fine now. I know quite a few of them.

[Sergey]

Yeah, because you did those at what, 8? And now, you think it's alright?

[Skul]

...smoking a little weed and having sex. Kids are going to be kids.

[Earl]

Pardon my ignorance, Skul; but what in the world is that? Is that monstrous pear laughing or just talking? Is it "fruity"? Doesn't matter. It's hilarious. I think I'll probably have dreams about it.

[Skul]

I'll tell you what it's not. LOL WUT is not any of the following:

• "LOL WUT?"
• "LOL, WUT?"
• "LOL WHAT?"
• "LULZ WHUT"
• "LUL WOT"
• "LOL WOT"
• "Laughing Out Loud, What?"
• "WAIT...WHAT"
• "LOL CUT"
• "LOL CUNT"
• "ROR WUT"
• "In Soviet Russia, pear eats you!"

[Polite24]

Yeah, because you did those at what, 8? And now, you think it's alright?

no, not 8. And you guys are fooling yourselves if you think that's some serious problem.

[Sergey]

Smoking weed is not a problem and wasting your life is alright?

[Skul]

"Kids are going to be kids."

You know?

[Ray]

I can't wait to see how his kids turn out.

[Polite24]

Smoking weed is not a problem and wasting your life is alright?

You're kidding yourself if you think most kids aren't going to smoke weed or have sex.

And tons of variables go into whether both is a bad decision or not.

[Sergey]

You're so right! Why not also make smoking marijuana legal because kids are bound to do it? Why not legalize rape because kids want to do it? Why not legalize it all? Yeah, I bet you'd want that to happen.

[Polite24]

You're a fool. Rape and sex are nowhere near along the same lines.

and Yeah, I would want weed to be legalized. I do like to drink here and there but it can't be denied that marijuana is a much safer drug.