[basketballfan000]

You have a point, but I hope that when my boy gets old enough to where he is in the situation to where he may read critizism about him that I would have raised him to be strong enough to accept it and move on. I think if a kid really takes what people say about them that personally then it's tragic. I know there are some that do, but you made the comparison to"if" he had kids, and I just thought to myself that I hope mine will be strong enough to take it, or I will feel that I failed as a parent raising him. The sports world is not always cake and ice cream. It's tough, real tough. What kids need to realize is there is always going to be someone that is as good or better than them and negativity will come with success. That is just apart of it. If you prepare kids to be ready to accept negative comments then it wouldn't be that vitale for people to have to step on egg shells when discussing sports on forums. Maybe i'm wrong just my opinion. :Hammer3:

I think that you have an excellent point. You HOPE that your boy has the ability to deal with it and i dont think that you would be a bad parent if they he does not. You can do your best to teach your kids but we can not just control everything by the way we raise them. At some point, they make decisions on their own. We hope that they are they things that we have taught them; nevertheless, i will speak for myself and say that i did things and have beliefs that my parents never had. I guess what i am trying to point out is that no matter how TOUGH you try to make your child they have their own personalitly.