So I have a six year old girl and I'm trying to instill her withthe foundation of being a good person. You know, "love everyone" and "don't lie". Well the other day I found myself in a perplexing position of teaching my daughter that it is ok not to like someone or something. And that person was Kobe Bryant and the team was the Los Angeles Lakers.
I know, I know. I'm going to hell for this one. Someone call CPS on me. But I feel that there are important facts in life that I need to share with my daughter as she is growing up. I DO need to let her know that we hate the Lakers. I DO need to let her know that the Raiders suck. It IS my responsibility to let her know that Manny is a bum because he used to be a Red Sox.
Don't think I'm the only parent who does this. I was at a friends house the other day and we were watching a football game with the kids. My daughter told her friend that she liked the Eagles and asked her what team did she like. Her friend replied I like every team, except the University of Utah. She's five and her Dad is a BYU fan. I couldn't have been prouder of her Dad and his parenting methods at that moment. It made we want to be as good of a father as he is.
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Okay, I can only take partial credit for this one because Sabrina is the one who truly instilled the importance BYU-loving and UofU-hating... a firm foundation it is indeed! We had to go back and convince Lilly that the actual STATE of Utah is quite okay... it's just the Utes that we Caldwells despise. LOL
ReplyDeleteNice to see you back Chris- miss ya bud. Life's big dilemma....I'm in your boat, what to do!
ReplyDeleteI think you mean Red "Sock."
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