Get ready for an uproarious episode of Single Dad vs Married Dad, where Jesse and Jimmy dive headfirst into the world of youth sports and parenting. It's a rollercoaster of laughter, debates, and unexpected revelations.
In this episode, Jimmy boldly declares his disdain for participation trophies, sparking a spirited discussion on the topic. As a single dad, he emphasizes the importance of supporting his child's sports endeavors, whether or not the other parent is involved. Brace yourself for some hilarious anecdotes as he shares his experiences navigating the sometimes chaotic world of youth sports solo.
On the other hand, Jesse reveals his secret joy in having a child who leans more towards the arts than sports. With a mischievous chuckle, he admits that his newfound freedom to sleep in on weekends is a welcomed relief.
But the laughter doesn't stop there! Join in as they ignite a lively debate over whether sports parents are worse than Cub Scout parents. From overzealous sideline antics to over-the-top popcorn sales, they hilariously dissect the quirks and challenges of each group.
To cap it off, they dive into the world of video games and whether they should be considered as E-sports. While Jesse sees the value in competitive gaming, Jimmy takes a more skeptical stance, leading to a friendly yet passionate disagreement that will have you in stitches.
So, grab your headphones and tune in to this uproarious episode of Single Dad vs Married Dad on the Dadz R Us Podcast. You'll laugh, nod your head in agreement, and gain fresh insights into the hilarious and ever-entertaining realm of parenting and youth sports. Don't miss out!
If you've want a topic covered in the show, send us a line! dadzruspodcast@gmail.com or visit us on all your favorite social platforms.
Get ready for an uproarious episode of Single Dad vs Married Dad, where Jesse and Jimmy dive headfirst into the world of youth sports and parenting. It's a rollercoaster of laughter, debates, and unexpected revelations.
In this episode, Jimmy boldly declares his disdain for participation trophies, sparking a spirited discussion on the topic. As a single dad, he emphasizes the importance of supporting his child's sports endeavors, whether or not the other parent is involved. Brace yourself for some hilarious anecdotes as he shares his experiences navigating the sometimes chaotic world of youth sports solo.
On the other hand, Jesse reveals his secret joy in having a child who leans more towards the arts than sports. With a mischievous chuckle, he admits that his newfound freedom to sleep in on weekends is a welcomed relief.
But the laughter doesn't stop there! Join in as they ignite a lively debate over whether sports parents are worse than Cub Scout parents. From overzealous sideline antics to over-the-top popcorn sales, they hilariously dissect the quirks and challenges of each group.
To cap it off, they dive into the world of video games and whether they should be considered as E-sports. While Jesse sees the value in competitive gaming, Jimmy takes a more skeptical stance, leading to a friendly yet passionate disagreement that will have you in stitches.
So, grab your headphones and tune in to this uproarious episode of Single Dad vs Married Dad on the Dadz R Us Podcast. You'll laugh, nod your head in agreement, and gain fresh insights into the hilarious and ever-entertaining realm of parenting and youth sports. Don't miss out!
If you've want a topic covered in the show, send us a line! dadzruspodcast@gmail.com or visit us on all your favorite social platforms.
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You. Hey. Welcome, everybody, to single dads versus married dads. I'm your co host Jesse, also known as Two Cow, joined by my other co host, Jimmy. Hello. He's known as Sugar Pants.
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Sugar Pants, you are you gonna have a 3s hello. Hello.
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How's everybody doing?
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I hope you're all out there having a great day.
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You and today in today's episode, 2s uh, we're going to be talking about kids sports. There's some differences between the married dads and the single dads, but maybe not. I don't know. What do you think, Jimmy? When you started off taking, uh, your child to the kids sports, you're probably married. What changed after you were single? Uh, really nothing, except for me taking him to all his practices and, like, 90% of his games. And when actually, even when he's with her, I still make it a point to be at the game. 2s Um um I think it's important that he sees me there,
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cheering him on, encouraging him. Tell him that it's okay if 1s he doesn't get a goal or he doesn't get a hit or a basket. Um I think it's important that you're there just for support. And a lot of times he only has me there, which is sad, in my opinion, but people have things going on, I guess, that can't make it to all of them but me.
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Would you consider yourself an avid crazy sports parent? Just to run of the mill? No. Supportive. I just support him. The only rule I ever had when it came to sports is 1s I'm not going to pressure him to play
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anything. 1s I love football. I'm not making him play football. I've seen some parents that push their children to play the sports that. 1s They were good at as kids.
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Know something? Uh, I was that
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guy. Were you really?
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With the first few? Yeah. I was an asshole. I was an asshole sports parent, man. See, I don't I was
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the worst. I don't like that.
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Uh, you would not like me in the early years. 2s I'm a young man. Very a young man. Uh, so I really pushed my kids into it. I'd buy them all the best sports gear and stuff, and they couldn't even tie their shoes. 1s Uh, so then I was like, well, now I'm going to have to help. I got a coach. 1s And, uh, I did it for all the wrong reasons. And then, uh, eventually you look around, you're like, oh, my God, man, I'm the jerk. I had one of my coaches pull, uh, me aside one time. They're a little league and goes, hey, man, I appreciate you helping, but when you're up there from the stands yelling to him to do stuff, he doesn't know if he should be listening to his parent or his coach. I
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just want to coach. Great advice. 1s I wish a lot of parents knew that
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I felt like an asshole because I was.
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Well, honestly, when I coached my son, uh, he started off T ball and then soccer T ball. I coached him in T ball. He played T ball three years. And then he did Coach pitch. Man, this kid, he had great form. He had great vision on the ball. He just didn't want to go further. And I don't know why. I wish he did, because I like baseball, but I'm not going to force him. So now his sport of choice is soccer. Kid loves soccer, and he's good. Just in case, if he hears this, he's good. But he could be great if he did more practicing alone on days when there's nothing going on and he just doesn't want to do it. And I don't like that.
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Well, uh, things are different now from when we grew up, because we used to go just sandlot baseball and shag fly balls. And the biggest difference, watching my kids grow up and play where everything was so organized and regimented. They got to the point where it felt like a job 1s and they weren't going to do it on their own. And there's kids out there that will. But these are like, no, I want to play some video games.
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4:42
That's, uh, where I step in. Now, I've always told my son, I won't force you to play anything until the day you come home and tell me I'm not playing anything. Then I step in and you're doing something. Yeah, he loves his video games. But that's not all you're going to do in this house, pal. If you don't pick something, I'm picking it for you. And, uh, he's been pretty good. He's soccer, uh, and basketball. So he has soccer in the fall, basketball in the spring. And he just missed soccer this year for, um, his age group because he turned eleven in January. So he's older than a lot of his peers. So he couldn't play because you can't play for eleven. So he's, at the moment, not doing anything now. The plan is go ahead.
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5:40
Multiple sports then. Is he kind of transitioning to just a one sport only kid? I see that a lot
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as, uh, I'm writing now. No, he loves soccer and he's good, but he gets disappointed sometimes because he plays defense a lot. He's really good at defense, but he wants a goal. He hasn't scored a goal yet. And it, it. 1s It bugs them all the time, but what are you going to do? Uh,
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that's why my kid quits soccer. 2s I let my youngest play soccer one season, and, uh, since I don't know anything about soccer, I wasn't going to help out coach. Nothing.
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6:22
Back up for a minute. Did he quit after the season or during? After. Okay. I was like, if it was during, we were about to have a battle right there. I was like, you were okay with that? Okay.
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Oh, don't get me wrong. I am literally raising a quitter. Um, uh, yeah, my kids dropped out of college. My fault. Anyway,
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uh, once they turn 18, decisions they make past that is on them. Um, I have nothing new with it. 2s Uh, I can't make my kids do anything. But it was watching him out there play soccer. He's out there running around like a crippled hobbit and he's narrating play by play, telling everybody what he's doing, like he's filming a YouTube channel. I'm not even making this up. He's like, all right, I'm running
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towards this guy because I'm going to pop to block him and kick the ball. He only played defensive for good reason, and it got to a point where he started, like, walking a lot, and
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I was like, Hi, buddy.
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Only
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you taught him well, dude. M he's trying to get his step, then 3s all. You. These boots were made for walking. So he he starts slowing up, and he's just walking everywhere. And I'm like, all right, buddy, you got to hustle. You at least got to run. And he turns around and yells at me to the sideline. He goes, you're not supposed to
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say that, dad. You're supposed to be supportive. And I shit you not. These parents looked at me like, yeah. I'm like, I can't even say to hustle. Oh, my gosh. I'm like, I'm sorry because I'm sipping on my margarita in my clothes. Can. My
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ass would have went out there and grabbed my kid by his ear. No, you're not talking like that, pal, in front of no, there's a time and place for that. You can give me that eyeball. Like, dad, what are you doing?
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8:17
The younger Jesse 1s the fat salmon would have done that, but not two cow. I've changed. Um uh. I'm like, yeah, this isn't going to last. So the older boys, they were a little different. They were actually good at sports.
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8:34
It. Uh, you said you coached baseball. How many years did you coach?
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8:42
Believe it or not? Oh, man, memory lane. The first year I, uh, coached them was flag, uh, football. And then I did that for a few years, but then I run into issues where I was breaking up too many. And these are, like, six year old seven year olds pushing and shoving and just playing grab ass. That's what kids do. But then I didn't think nothing of it. But then the parents would start yelling and screaming at each other, fighting about it. So 1s at that point, I'm like, all right, this isn't fun. 2s Then go overseas. And it's just military. And these are military parents, by the way, which are insane. And I promised my middle kid, I was like, hey, man, I'll help coach your coach. Pitch be lots of fun. And, uh, I got last minute orders, and I had to go to Kuwait so I couldn't coach. So guess who filled in? My wife. His mom did. And come to find out, I got back near the end of season, started helping out, and I started talking to all the dads, and they're like, hey, this was. 2s So, um, somewhat weird, we we're they told me they were nervous about someone's mom out there coaching coach pitch. I was like, okay. I was like, Why is it weird? They're like, well, 1s at first it was mostly boys on the team, but there's four girls. And it's crazy because they all had pink bats, pink pink shoes, pink helmet. They all match. But then, uh, this one guy, he was the army captain. He's like, oh, man. His name was, uh his name Mike something. Who knows? Mike Something from Arizona. He goes, well, your son was really good. So you're like, hey, man, maybe the mom's doing something right. Like she had taught him and stuff. Baseball. Uh, at the end of the year, she just stayed, uh, the head coach. And all the girls loved it, and they all kept playing sports. And it made me think, there's not enough probably, moms out there coaching boys. But in fact,
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10:42
I've never seen that.
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10:44
I know a single mom. She's coaching her boys wrestling. That's crazy to me, too. She's killing
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it. When I coached my son's soccer team, actually, uh, one of the other coaches was a mom. It was my son's best friend at the time, and his mom and me and, uh. 2s I don't know. It was all right. But I guess that's different than because soccer is and don't take this the wrong way, but soccer is probably a 50 50 split between women and guys,
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okay? In this day and age, like I said, soccer is for everybody. And I see more girls playing soccer and killing it, for sure.
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Yeah. I'm just saying. Versus wrestling and baseball. You have softball and you have baseball. 2s Growing up,
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I know ladies are better at me at golf. They're teaching me golf. I'm like, all right, look at this. Breaking down gender roles. 2s Uh, I will say, when the older boys got to the point where they got too good at baseball, I didn't coach. I couldn't do much for them. So they were doing the travel teams, ruining my summer, my bank account, my weekends. And we got to high school. Uh, I wanted to be involved with the team, but I didn't really coach, so I would travel with them. And we were in Japan, so they went to high school in Japan, and I got on, uh, Facebook Live. Grab a microphone. I started doing play by play for the baseball games so Grandma back in Nebraska could tune in. And, uh, that was fun. You know, at the end of the year, they gave me a plaque appreciation. You're not like one of those signs that we give out for Mother's Day Live. Love laugh. You want to know what this one said? It's. It. World's greatest team. Mom
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nice bastards,
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man. 1s Uh, yeah, it was a good deal. But like I said, what if your kid doesn't want to play sport? Because I'm dealing with this right now. My 13 year old 1s hold on. He's tried lacrosse. Let's back it up for a minute. Hold on. So you said you coached flag football?
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Yeah. Now, how many did both your oldest kids play flag football or just the oldest?
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Both. Uh, of them.
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Did any of them from there go and play
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pad football? 2s Yeah, man. 2s Uh, their first summer in Arkansas went from flag to pads, and, uh, they said never ever get in fact, it was so horrible for them because they're so little, they're just getting destroyed. Teams are horrible. So Arkansas doesn't mess around
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their football. So you and your wife were okay with them playing, uh.
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Pad. Uh, yeah, we gave it a shot. You know why? Because I did. But looking back at it, I played for the Southgate Vikings, and we were horrible. Except for maybe one year, we were horrible. But, uh, guess what? We had weight limits to where 2s the highest age group you couldn't weigh more than 135 pounds, I thought was so huge. One like that in Arkansas. Kids are fat nowadays,
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14:09
man. Well, I'm just bringing this up because, um, actually, I signed my son up four flag football right before the pandemic. So they closed it down and we didn't go back and play. He was like, Nah. But this year in the fall, he wants to try football. Now his whole class are like, for fifth graders. These kids are so small. His mom doesn't want him to play. Me, I'm leaving it up to him. How do you feel about that?
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Uh, if the mom doesn't want it 1s and you're indifferent from what it sounds like, if you're going to leave it, I want
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him to play. But when it comes down to it, it's his decision, it's his body. He knows the dangers. He knows the confidence.
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I got to say, I'm leaning towards a ah, no. Only because of my personal experience and what happened in my situation with the pads and the injuries. They just ended up playing, uh, baseball year round. They had a thing called fallball, and they had more fun. They like watching football more, uh, like playing Madden, I guess. But they had more fun playing year round baseball. So m, I didn't mind it. I was going to say less injuries. But literally the first fall, my kid missed a fly ball, broke his nose. Yeah. High school both had another kid break his ankle. He stepped on a baseball, and another one break his finger. They got more injuries in baseball than they probably would have in football. Well, this is weird. Here's the thing, though, is if he decides to play football, he has to either play soccer and football together, or he has to give up soccer. So that's why I think he's going to lean towards not playing football. And I don't care either way. 1s I would love to see my son just one season. I would love it. I think that would just be.
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But honestly, how do you learn the rules? 1s No, that's FIFA and PlayStation. It's honestly something I brought up to the other parents because a lot of these fifth graders have not played any kind of football. You know what I mean? And I asked the, um, 1s director on, uh, when to try out for football. You know what this guy sends back to me? August 7. And I'm like, August 7. School starts August 28 for these kids. You're going to give these kids three weeks to try to figure out positions and how to play football in three weeks?
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16:59
You're taking me back?
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Well, dude, I remember when I and I believe I was in 12th grade, totally different than 6th grade, but we had two A days. We started at the beginning of July. 1s You're
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17:11
telling me you played football for
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17:13
Taylor Kennedy? Yeah, just my senior year. I mean, if you can call it playing. I more or less formed the bench up quite a bit. I did get one sack, though.
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17:22
Oh, my god. Did he trip over you? So we played against each other at senior high school. I did not know
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17:28
that. Yeah, we probably did. But you didn't see me. You want to know who won? This is fallen 94.
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I could tell you who won.
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Probably us, actually. It was your home. We had a good team. 2s I, uh we went eight and two that year. And you were you were one of Southgate Anderson's eight victories. So before you get let's just stay on subject, okay? We're not we already talked about 95 in the first episode. Dude, where are these
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guys? Were these dads? We live in our glory days. I, too, rode the
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bench, by the way. Dude, uh oh, my gosh. I'm not Al bunny. I didn't score four touchdowns in one game and go to pole. Kai.
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18:11
I have a certificate to sell special teams, uh, practice special teams. Player of the week. I can't believe they gave that shit out. That was a real thing.
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18:20
I'm actually
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18:21
glad my youngest son's bad at sports and doesn't want to do it because I watch these parents go crazy traveling, spend all this money. Ah. Like, hockey right now is big around here, and it just looks
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18:31
expensive. Quite a few
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18:33
skate time
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18:34
veteran hockey, and it's expensive. Actually, one of Connor's friends, um, 2s plays hockey. I don't know for who, but his parents posted a video, uh, of this facility where these kids. 1s Workout trained. Dude, this thing was nicer than La fitness.
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18:58
I was like, 1s dude, they're only ten and eleven years old, man. And I mean, they're doing every weight machine you can think of. Dude,
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19:10
there might have even been a rink in there.
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Oh my gosh. That's because every parent thinks the kids going to go pro and that's their thing. 2s You know what? I just was happy they went to college. You, uh, get to a point where you're like, yeah, 1s let me teach you fitness and how to work out. You don't need sports for
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19:34
that. So before we move on to the next subject, I know you want to move on to, uh, let me ask you this. How do you feel about every kid getting a trophy?
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19:50
I, uh, don't
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care. I don't like, honestly, there's losers in life. There are losers in life. Everybody doesn't get a trophy.
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19:59
My kid going a whole year without, uh, 1s scoring a soccer goal. I'm like, that's his award.
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20:07
Try harder. That's what I tell him. I try to give all my
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20:11
old kids moved out and they left all their little trophies and plaques here. And I'm like, good job, sport.
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20:17
I don't want a fucking trophy that says, good job, sport. I want a trophy that says, you're fucking number one.
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20:24
So in high school, not everybody doesn't get a trophy. Not when we
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20:32
win nowadays, as they probably do.
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20:35
I don't know. My kids didn't and they're recent high school grads within the last seven, eight years. So you're talking but so some of the awards they would get were more meaningful, for sure. Uh, all the stuff they got as kids, they literally left it here and told me to throw it out. So if you devalue it, they don't care either. Yeah, they don't wrong it's.
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An impression on life.
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21:01
Yeah, you're probably right. But like I said, I'm, like, I don't care what my kids think about trophies or if they have one or not. Because guess what? When they grew up, they're like, if it meant something to them, they would have kept
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21:11
what's that doing to kids in society? Showing them that you win at everything you do? Life isn't just, um, gum drops and lollipops and unicorn. Get
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real. It'd be like, hey, congratulations. You didn't quit. 3s We had a team. We decided not to do trophies, but we gave out. Like you were talking rewards. Like, fastest player this goes out to so and so.
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I like, that most gold. You know what? Yeah, that's what I but giving everyone a hey, good fucking job, kids. Here's your trophy. More like that's how I felt when I was in high school and I got this special team practice practice special team practice. Player of the week.
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22:04
Oh, thank you for this piece of
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paper. 2s That's okay, though.
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22:10
Ah. Uh, so you know that pendulum probably swing the other way because people you
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know what, actually,
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now I'm curious. Why do people get so mad about it? Should I care more? Is it weird that I don't care? But people do get mad about it, don't
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they? What, about not getting a trophy or getting a trophy? No, about giving everyone a trophy. Like somehow this is going to cause them society's. Yeah. Uh, more of, uh
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22:36
I don't know. This is why you're going to shoot up
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22:39
a public place? No, I just think it's the wrong idea in life when you're young. I was fine, dude. I turned out fine when I played Little League. I didn't get a trophy.
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22:55
You know what I got? I got
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22:57
a, uh, hot dog for winning or losing. But if you won, you got a piece of pizza and it was square from RJs. You guys remember RJ's?
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23:10
Is that like a local place? It was years ago. We used to do
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that. 1s Everyone's getting ice cream. That's what we would get. Now you got sign up sheets for who's bringing what snack. And what does the money cover? What does money cover that we pay for. Oh my
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23:28
God. That's the worst. It's like when you have that anxiety attack because it's your weekend, 1s you have to bring the juice
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boxes. So I don't know what that's like, but 1s ah,
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it's like jury duty. Well,
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the thing is, it's like you buy this and you're like, just man, 1s I hope they like it because if not, big deal. 1s Uh,
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hey, the sports thing though, 1s it's weird. How? Because, uh, the more I think about it, the older kids, they got into sports real early. So guess what? When they're growing up, elementary, junior high, even moving all over Place High School, their core group of friends were the jocks. And I'm trying to ask my youngest son, I'm like, who do you hang out with? What kind of clicks? And he doesn't understand. He goes, My crew. It doesn't make sense to me. He's 13. So I think, is there another way kids separate themselves between each other? Because we had the jocks, uh, which is probably offensive, I guess now you had the band kids, uh, 1s one time Burnout and
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24:37
Band Camp.
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24:38
It 2s okay. You could say the burnouts came in two different classes. Uh, either liked heavy metal or you're, like, way into rap. I don't know how we described our burnouts back in the day. It was either a Mountain Dew or Marlboro rats. 3s You're so old, man. But then if if someone didn't a kid didn't fit into any of those groups. It was like I guess they were a nerd. I don't know. But I asked my kid. I'm like, So what group? I'm giving him all these choices. He goes, more, um, of a personality mindy. I'm a gamer. I'm like, that's not a click. He goes, no, because right now, he won't do sports. He's aspiring to be a YouTuber and streamer. That's happening, and I am supporting it, I guess. Uh, just like I would sports. Esports. We'll call esports. Does your son's school have a gamer club? 3s I don't want to know. Because his school is lame. Man
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25:44
that's right. I said it. Not 100% sure, but I think when my son gets. 1s Uh, it in the 7th grade. I think there's a gamer club. I'll have to check that out. I'm afraid
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25:57
to ask my kid, because if there isn't, I don't want him starting one.
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26:03
He's already there. But
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26:05
just check out my minecraft world. Oh, my gosh. I listen to the conversations. 1s I almost started a YouTube channel. Make my kids play my old Nintendo games and see what kind of terminology they would use. They're like, 2s no, Op, I just poned them. Um, I'm like what's? poned? Do you know what poned means? No. You might pounded and owned. I'm like, okay, you can't say that again. He's like, 1s what the frick? I'm like, you can't say that either. So, yeah. Uh, my one rule no. To bring me back to your question, though. 2s What if your kid just wants to do video games? Well,
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26:50
I was always. 3s Under the impression that you should always support anything that your kid wants to do. So if that's what he wants to do, then that's what he does. But on the other hand, my ass is making sure he plays at least one sport. But this is my only child. So you already messed up the first two. You're letting this third one mess it up himself or strive him self. You're hands off. I'm still kind of hands on. And I don't want my kid. We're doing Gen X. I just don't want my kid. So, yeah, kid never runs helicopter, 2s but
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27:30
by the time I get to the last one, I'm out of energy, man.
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27:33
Well, um 1s I
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27:35
guess and put it put it this way. Put it this way. If he gets into a gamer club and he's playing video games and all that, you the heartache. It will prevent in just the pain, is what I remember the older boys. 1s One of my kids got kicked off, suspended from a high school baseball team for like two weeks
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27:56
using thes up. 1s Come on. We're in Japan,
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28:01
man. And apparently he snuck out of his hotel. They put us up on these hotels because you travel a lot to different high schools in Japan. Um, Department of Defense schools, and they're pretty far apart. And we get up there up north to Japan, and he sneaks out of his room and tries to sneak into a hotel room with some softball some girl softball players from another school. Um, I feel bad because those girls got kicked off their team and suspended from school. He just got suspended from a couple of games because 2s we sold it as, yeah, man, you told the truth. You came forward, you didn't lie about it. But in reality, we just wanted to win in the Far East championship. I was like, okay, uh, I won't have to go through that with Brody because he'll never have to put himself in that spot just playing and watching YouTube. Hey, there's gamer tournaments, man. 1s He'll get his heartbreak doing that or get a trophy. So. It.
U2
29:11
That is a real 1s I heard it. I can't watch people play video games. I'm one of those guys. I have to play. But if he starts, the telltale signs are there. He's asking for my energy drinks.
U1
29:26
He's asking for cool headsets, whatever. Need a gamer chair, sit on your ass. I don't care.
U2
29:32
Well, like I said, you got to support what what your kid likes. So my son? Yeah. He also likes video games. I wouldn't say to that extent, but the last time I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up or when he grows up, he said a YouTuber. But I'm like, Son, you don't even but that was a couple of years ago. I haven't asked him since. Um, I'm just saving that for a later date, I guess, just to see if that's changed. Yeah,
U1
30:04
well, 1s I got a gym in my house, so I'll teach my kid, basically how to lift. Maybe we'll start with some deadlifts, some squats, I would say. I told him the YouTube thing. He had to figure out himself. If you want, he thinks he's going to make a million dollars opening toys. I'm like, Good luck, son. Where are you going? To get the toys. Wait,
U2
30:25
I thought he was a gamer. Now he's a toy opener. What
U1
30:30
is? Well, um, that's when he was, like, six, 1s so his YouTube topics always change on what he's watching at the moment. So now he's 13. So, yeah, now it's gaming. So
U2
30:43
15 is what? Masturbating?
U1
30:46
Oh, God, I don't know what kind of videos.
U2
30:51
You better watch that. So, uh, Cub Scouts.
U1
30:57
Oh, does that count?
U2
30:58
I don't know. Does it? Is that an image? Is that like, uh, here's, you know, on one hand you got your gaming. Then in the middle you got Cub Scouts kind of hands on, kind of, uh, and then sports. So is that like, in the middle?
U1
31:16
I of the mindset. A couple of thoughts on Cub
U2
31:19
Scout. Now. Are you an overgrown Cub Scout?
U1
31:23
No. And I feel like if you ever say that again, 1s I'm never doing it. There won't be. Episode six. All right, 2s so those parents den, uh, dads or is it Den? I don't
U2
31:38
know. I was not in Cub Scouts because I heard of the term. So we did it one year, and of course, I was busy with work, so Joni ended up running it. She was a den mother. And those parents are just as crazy, apparently. And you got to have meetings every week. I swear, it's like conspiracy just to go out there and sell popcorn. Somebody's making millions off the Cub Scouts right now for child labor and ruining every dad's 1s weekend. But they do the Pinewood Derby thing. 1s And, uh, of course, we all did it. And we go up and we set up, and it's WD 40 up on the thing, and the guy who's in charge of it, he goes, yeah, man, WD 40 is, like, for everybody. I'm like, okay. I thought the rules were you can't do WD 40. I lubed it up, man. It was good to go. Well, guess what? 1s My son won, and a couple of dads came up to me trying to flex afterwards and, like, congratulations, Lace. Cheater. And shaking my hand, like, all hard or, like, illegal WD 40. I'm like, Why is it out for everyone to use? I don't know the rules here. Uh, so they set you up.
U1
32:51
Yeah. The Cubs got leader come over, and he's like a colonel. Never trust a man wears knee high socks, especially that green ones. Oh, my God. They're ridiculous. Always be prepared. I'm like, for what? Angry dads? Anyways, on top of that, Joni won the dessert contest. Because I don't know if you know this about my wife. She makes some amazing cakes, and in fact, everything she touches turns to gold. Um, whatever. Not jealous. Say, what
U2
33:16
happened to.
U1
33:18
It's, uh, made me better. Imagine if I didn't have her. 1s Anyways, uh, I'd be sitting my underwear talking to you 2s about sports. Wait a minute.
U2
33:29
I think I would be here talking to you. This isn't an only fans account. 1s Yeah, man. So I guess it's a weekend activity. Cub Scouts. You know what? Some people get real into it. Good for them. Uh, again, I grew up in the city. 1s Not for me. Yeah. No, I avoided.
U1
33:51
I didn't do the Cub Scout. He never came home wanting to be a Cubby. Uh, Cub Scout. Uh, he said cubby.
U2
33:59
I never, uh, pushed it. I don't know nothing against you guys that did Cub Scouts, but
U1
34:06
how do you get a trophy in Cub Scouts? How do you win Cub Scouts? I
U2
34:10
think it's badger.
U1
34:12
Does everybody get one? No.
U2
34:14
I don't know. Who knows? 1s I don't have a clue.
U1
34:19
It. 1s Well, I'm glad my youngest didn't want to do it. I don't know. You gave him the option.
U2
34:27
Uh, yeah, I
U1
34:28
told you. Uh, I'm, at this point, the laziest dad you've ever met. Um, if he doesn't want to do it, I'm not going to make him. He's got to get that motivation intrinsically. Google it. Um, I'm not that
U2
34:42
guy. 1s I'll I try to push him to motivate him to do things. It bugs me. Like, sometimes he'll come home and he just plops on the couch. I'm like, Yo, it's 67 degrees outside. Go outside and sweat. I told him the other day, I'm going to start grounding his ass outside. You're grounded outside.
U1
35:08
That's probably the worst punishment nowadays, because my son would get so upset. He goes, Where's he going to practice his rap battles?
U2
35:15
Uh, you know what? I heard him and his friends doing that not too long ago. I wasn't too impressed. But see? Got to support
U1
35:23
him, Jimmy. Got to support him. Don't tell him they're
U2
35:25
bad. I didn't say I just sat back and plugged my ears. But in his defense, there aren't a lot of kids in this neighborhood where he goes to school 20 minutes away from here. So a lot of his friends live in Allen Park. So he's got, like, two or three kids here, but they all got. 1s They're a little quick because they all go to school together.
U1
35:48
Yeah, that kind of sucks. It's better if you get the Roving band adolescents in the neighborhood.
U2
35:54
So summer is approaching soon for him, and, um, it'll be interesting to see where.
U1
36:01
Yeah, man. Keep me updated. I'm curious how the life and times change in the sports interest, but just to summarize, as we wrap this up here, support your kid no matter what they do or how they do, or even if they're bad. 1s Am I correct in thinking that?
U2
36:21
Yeah, you just encourage them if they like what they're doing, even if they're horrible, you still got to sit back and just pat them on the back? Yeah,
U1
36:31
I'm with you, but that encouragement doesn't include participation trophies. We can't encourage them that way.
U2
36:38
I don't think we have a choice.
U1
36:41
I just got you, bro. I just got you, man. All right, man. Hey, we're out. Hey, thanks for tuning in. And once again, if you chose to listen to this point, I just want to let you all know I appreciate you letting myself and Jimmy into your lives to hear all bo shit. Remember, parenting results may vary. Adios. Have a good
U2
37:02
one.