[Harry Doyle]

:thatsfunn

...Wow...That may be THE most inane statement I've read in a very long time. Seriously? Kids are smart because their parents are? No, it doesn't quite work that way. Kids are smart because they choose to be disciplined with their academics, work hard at it, and their parents are supporting academics in the home and ensuring that is the focus of school, not just athletics. I'm a father of two kids, both of whom have over 3.0 gpa's, and both excel in athletics, but understand if they don't make the grades, I will sit them down even if the coach won't. A strong principal can make a huge difference in a school

Think about this, and heaven forbid this ever has to be a choice for any of us, but let's say your kids one day have to go live with one of two families, and you have to make the decision:

1) A family that lives in a middle-upper class neighborhood or home out in the county, with both adults holding 40+ hour work weeks in their careers (one or both having a college education degrees) or maybe the couple is divorced, yet both parents still play major roles in their lives along with the other attributes I mentioned above

-OR-

2) a family that lives in government housing, one parent only having a high school diploma (the other dropping out of school), neither read above a 3rd grade level and only one of them holds any kind of a steady job; part-time at that.

Which one do you want your kids by the rest of their lives? I know which one I want mine to be raised by and that's family #1 (did I probabaly just piss some people off, yep, sure did and don't care)? What say you?