[PHSForever]

Exactly, read the post above.

I dont think my parents were dumb, but they are not DRs or Lawyers either. One worked for Kroger and a factory. The did the best they could and I think that is all that matters that they supported me and never took stuff away like sports but encouraged me.

My parents did the same. Cop and an office manager, neither of whom had a single college credit to their names. Yet I went on to get 2 degrees from college and am a fairly successful business executive. They preached academics first, and that stayed with me in college when I played ball. Never had a sport taken away from me because I knew they meant business and worked hard on my grades. I understand the point of offering incentives to do well in school, but if the threat of sitting for a game or two from a sport they love does it, then what is wrong with that? It worked for me, and looking back, I'm very thankful for the discipline it instilled in me academically. I can't be with them 24/7/365, and you know as well as I do, friends will let them use their cells, computers, etc in a pinch. I think it can best be summed up that we just have differences of opinion in how to discipline, and that neither is necessarily wrong. I've enjoyed the debate.