Comments on: The Girl Just Wants to Have Fun http://claresdad.com/2008/09/29/the-girl-just-wants-to-have-fun/ Her life...my life...and the world we're still growing up in Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:30:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Alissa http://claresdad.com/2008/09/29/the-girl-just-wants-to-have-fun/#comment-2509 Alissa Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:04:14 +0000 http://claresdad.wordpress.com/?p=540#comment-2509 Around here it's football. Parents start their boys in pee wee football when they're as young as 3 or 4...and they take it SO seriously. The intermural basketball teams are a very serious thing, too. It's one (but only one) of the reasons I don't have my boys involved. My kids aren't particularly athletic, and I know they'd be benched in favor of the children who practice hours and hours a week. Some parents even do their kids' homework on the sidelines while the kids practice/play! Around here it’s football. Parents start their boys in pee wee football when they’re as young as 3 or 4…and they take it SO seriously. The intermural basketball teams are a very serious thing, too. It’s one (but only one) of the reasons I don’t have my boys involved. My kids aren’t particularly athletic, and I know they’d be benched in favor of the children who practice hours and hours a week. Some parents even do their kids’ homework on the sidelines while the kids practice/play!

]]> By: Sam http://claresdad.com/2008/09/29/the-girl-just-wants-to-have-fun/#comment-2496 Sam Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:01:01 +0000 http://claresdad.wordpress.com/?p=540#comment-2496 The dance school we all three have used is a serious school - professional dancers go there, people on Broadway take classes. I love that - it shows what you can become if you work really hard. Alex and Dani still take classes but I don't have time on a weekly basis. No offense but it's not about the parents. It's about the other kids and about the dancing. The dance school we all three have used is a serious school – professional dancers go there, people on Broadway take classes. I love that – it shows what you can become if you work really hard. Alex and Dani still take classes but I don’t have time on a weekly basis.

No offense but it’s not about the parents. It’s about the other kids and about the dancing.

]]> By: James http://claresdad.com/2008/09/29/the-girl-just-wants-to-have-fun/#comment-2495 James Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:01:12 +0000 http://claresdad.wordpress.com/?p=540#comment-2495 I won't have to deal with Ballet for Lukas, so I guess I won't have to deal with parents like that, right? LOL! I know there will be just as many with kids on the baseball team. I won’t have to deal with Ballet for Lukas, so I guess I won’t have to deal with parents like that, right? LOL! I know there will be just as many with kids on the baseball team.

]]> By: Spincerely http://claresdad.com/2008/09/29/the-girl-just-wants-to-have-fun/#comment-2494 Spincerely Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:34:09 +0000 http://claresdad.wordpress.com/?p=540#comment-2494 Yes, this happens all the time around here - in everything. Of course it also comes back the other way when you hear from your children, "Why didn't you make me do *whatever it is* longer so I could be good at it now!" Anyway - congratulations to Clare - I hope she does have fun! Yes, this happens all the time around here – in everything. Of course it also comes back the other way when you hear from your children, “Why didn’t you make me do *whatever it is* longer so I could be good at it now!”

Anyway – congratulations to Clare – I hope she does have fun!

]]> By: Ed (zoesdad) http://claresdad.com/2008/09/29/the-girl-just-wants-to-have-fun/#comment-2493 Ed (zoesdad) Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:04:27 +0000 http://claresdad.wordpress.com/?p=540#comment-2493 Daily! Zoe's ballet school is full of those high expectation parents. To it's credit, the school has an extensive list of dancers that have gone on to have very nice professional careers, but I'm certainly not pushing Zoe, nor do I necessarily think Zoe is cut out for that. She, like Clare, just wants to have fun. Oh, and wear lipstick and make-up at the performances. Daily! Zoe’s ballet school is full of those high expectation parents. To it’s credit, the school has an extensive list of dancers that have gone on to have very nice professional careers, but I’m certainly not pushing Zoe, nor do I necessarily think Zoe is cut out for that. She, like Clare, just wants to have fun. Oh, and wear lipstick and make-up at the performances.

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