A question for the parentsFollow

The very instant you decide that your life has been meaningless and decide to live vicariously through your spawn.

I assumed you meant "to beat him with" and so I went 3rd Trimester. You can never start discipline too early.

Edited, Jul 27th 2007 5:29pm by Jophiel

Unless you want him to be socially repressed and bullied at school, keep him well away from the golf course unless he spacifically asks.

When he does, take him along and drown him in the lake.

Jonwin says to wait until he is 2 or 3. His nephew is trying to break into pro tour, after being on a semi-pro paintball team. Now I can't go to an family event without having a golf tourney the tv set. Then Jonwin's brother is a big golf fan and anothr works as an event manager for a golf course.

he will want to do what you are doing.....for better or worse....

if you play golf and like golf, he will want to play it too. if you are not interested in it, and try and take him out to teach him something you are not doing yourself, he will tire of it in about, oh, 30 seconds. it will be that way with everything.

this is why people change when they have kids. sitting on your can gawking at bikini contests and drinking beer WILL RESULT in a child who sits in front of the majic box for hours at a time and show no interest in anything else. you will start to realize this. and most people try to change their habbits, not because they have to, but because for the first time in thir lives they suddenly realize how detrimental their actions are on their children. how what they do....or dont do.....directly affects another human being.

you want your kid to be interestred in golf or any other sport, you need to become interested in it too. you want your kid to be interested in his school work, for the VERY FIRST TIME in your life, you need to be interested in it too.

the ONLY differance between an "a" student and a drop out is the same differance as an "a" parent and a missing in action parent. they wil be little mirrors of yourself. and for the first time, you can finally begine to see what you look like to other people just by watching your own kid.

life is an adventure. your about to embark on the grandest adventure life has to offer. try not to ***** it up to bad.

Foozball

doesnt matter if your good at it or not. all that matters is you show interest in it and play. doesnt matter if its a top notch course or a city run course, all your kid will care about is playing what you are playing.

kids rock like that. you dont need money. you dont need fancy gear. all you need is to give them your time. he wont know or care weather you are good or not, all he will care about is immitating you. being like you.

you can entertain a kid with a rock. as long as you look like your having fun with it, he will have a blast.

I'm a big fan of team sports. In my limited experience, kids who excel in individual sports can be a bit odd, whereas kids in team sports (even the few I've known who were really good) wind up doing pretty well. Just forcing them to work together for a common goal seems blunt some of the crazy ego trip. Further, much of team sports encourages specialization. Even if you're the best on the field, you encounter many who are better then you at some phase of the game.

Any sport is good in moderation - and it may be the team practices and team events prevent an individual going too far.

While at a driving range with a friend once he accidentally toed the ball and it went through my legs in the stall next to him!

Yes, is this 'son' a done deal?

If so, Congrats!

...and for your wife >><<