Football

[anonymous-user]

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[Truckosaurus]

Encourage him to support a team that is always mid-table or in a relegation battle as that will be character building getting used to defeats and not expecting to win every week.

[Roofless Toothless]

Why not say what you mean - West Ham.

[nadger]

What sport would you rather he did? I don’t know of many where beer drinking at an amateur level isn’t part of the deal! (Admittedly not at his age!)

[Sheetmaself]

See if you can get him into ice hockey instead. Safe sport for a kiddie, a lot more prospects for making it into a well paid career as well.

[Fun Bus]

anonymous said:

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Well you could start by accepting not all football and their supporters are like the badly behaved ones we sometimes see in the news.

And then you could respect the fact your Son has his own opinion on what he likes and it’s different to yours.

[Jonboy_t]

You sound just like my old man and, at 36yo, I still resent him slightly for never taking me to the park for a kick about or putting a game on TV because he didn’t like football. Don’t be my old man, get the cheapest sports package you can find on your telly, get some crisps in and sit and watch a game with your son.

[Phil Dicky]

OP if your wife was horrified at the thought of watching football. She will over the moon on a cold icey Sunday morning watching him play for his local team.
God for bid what happens when he becomes a teenager a world of pain awaits you both 😁😁

[Puggit]

Jonboy_t said:

You sound just like my old man and, at 36yo, I still resent him slightly for never taking me to the park for a kick about or putting a game on TV because he didn’t like football. Don’t be my old man, get the cheapest sports package you can find on your telly, get some crisps in and sit and watch a game with your son.

No need. The world cup is around the corner and there will be free wall to wall football of the highest (and occasionally iffy) quality available.

Pick a few matches and take it from there.

[Roofless Toothless]

I have long been puzzled by the attitude towards football so often demonstrated on PistonHeads. The game has both its negative and its positive sides, like everything else in life.

But the OP's comments about beer and sunburn have made me wonder if it isn't just a sublimated type of snobbery.

[Gargamel]

I coached Junior football for about ten years... there are very many positive attributes to participating in a team sport at a young age. Most kids just want to play with their friends. Don't worry about anything else, just facilitate them playing sports with their mates.

Football is as good a sport as any other, requires practice, skills and a great team ethic, they will learn to win and lose too.

I am not going to comment on the snobbery angle.

Junior football has NOTHING to do with the professional game. They are worlds apart.

[cootuk]

It would be interesting to know his reaction about certain prima donnas who fall over at the slightest touch in the professional game. There's a massive difference between amateurs and professionals.

[Dracoro]

It’s a sport/hobby/interest.
He’s a child.
IMO, as parents, you should encourage/support your child in their interests and don’t let your own prejudices transfer to him. It’s about the child, not you.

For example! I have no interest in ballet, have no interest in watching or doing it, however should my young daughters interest further develop in that area, I would have no hesitation in taking them to lessons, seeing it live at theatre etc. Much as I would like them to have interests I like,(and I hope they do of course) , one cannot push them in that direction as it’s not fair on them and they may end up resenting it.

[Dracoro]

Truckosaurus said:

Encourage him to support a team that is always mid-table or in a relegation battle as that will be character building getting used to defeats and not expecting to win every week.

Which isn’t a bad idea, also if they end up supporting your local team too, that would be good and makes it easier and cheaper for take him to games if that’s what they end up wanting to do.

[Eric Mc]

If a child has a genuine enthusiasm for something, always encourage it (as long as it isn't an illegal activity).

[Voldemort]

anonymous said:

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You should decide which team you are both going to support. Choose wisely. Remember that small boys prefer winning to losing and he will likely want to support one of the big teams.
Then take him to see a live game at said chosen team and buy him a scarf on the promise of good behaviour and not to repeat any of the things he hears being chanted in front of mum. If he doesn't now think of you as super dad you are doing something wrong.
You could also support a second, smaller, possibly local, cheaper team and visit them more often if you can bear it.
You could set the telly box to record the football for him and delight that he wants to watch last nights game rather than play with his nindstation.

As always, advice is just somebody else's opinion. But given,

anonymous said:

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I would hope to be pushing downhill here.

[bitchstewie]

You've got a child who wants to do a sport.

Let him do it and thank god you're not here posting because you've got a fat kid who never wants to leave his room.

See point above about snobbery too.

[Rawwr]

anonymous said:

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I'm assuming you were disappointed again this year by the lack of spaces in the Hitler Youth?

Seriously, why kind of colossal asshat of a parent would consider, even fleetingly, wanting to suppress a 5-year old childs' interests?

[Gameface]

anonymous said:

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I wonder where he gets it from?

[Gameface]

Young lad wants to kick a ball around with his pals and your wife is "horrified"?

Would you rather he sat indoors on his arse with no mates playing Xbox all the time?

This is a wind up right?